Tagged: being with

So, I’m into my second week of the Advent of a New Tradition – that of being WITH God every day of advent and of intentionally being WITH others to express the love of Christ on those same days. By the end of last week, one thing that stood out to me is how easy …[ read more ]

So, it bothers me that spending quality time with God doesn’t guarantee that the rest of my day falls neatly into place. I still get frustrated, disappointed, short-tempered and wonder why some things are the way they are. And I can be reading my Bible, having like this perfect moment of connection with what it …[ read more ]

Being WITH. So, Sunday was the first day of advent and the advent of my new Christmas tradition – choosing daily for the 40 days of advent to be WITH God and to be WITH another. It’s easy to begin such a venture on a Sunday. There was plenty of time to focus on God …[ read more ]

It’s that time again. All of us who love the Lord will wrestle with the coming season. How best to honor this time we’ve chosen to celebrate the human birth of the Son of God? Some of us will bemoan the commercialism that has overtaken the holy day and scale back. Others will pull out …[ read more ]

So, I spent this week-end being with other people. Friday, a service to celebrate the life of my friend, Diane, who died two weeks ago. Saturday, the wedding of my friend, Jean, in her seventies and still reinventing herself, open to new adventures and new love. Sunday , worship service and then a birthday party …[ read more ]