It seems to me that a lot of us relish these days after Christmas. As much as we might love gathering with family, exchanging gifts, and sharing meals, there is often as sense of relief that, as we often say, "we made it through" the holiday. We breath a collective sigh of relief and relax …
Tag: Christmas
Happy Christmas 2013
Merry Christmas! It's my Christmas day tradition to post this Isaiah passage (which is a reading for Christmas Eve worship every year), Lennon's "Happy Christmas (War is Over)" (the world's best - and most challenging - Christmas song), and a lighter second song that changes each year. You're welcome. 😉 Isaiah 9:2-7: The people who …
Changes for the Holidays
"One word can bring you round" To say that change is difficult is no kind of insight. We know this is true. Yet change comes to us all and sometimes even proves to be a Good Thing. This fall our wonderful partners at the West Suburban Community Pantry changed how they distribute food boxes at Thanksgiving …
Happy Christmas 2012
Merry Christmas! Tradition can be a good thing. I'm making it a tradition to post this Isaiah passage (which is a reading for Christmas Eve worship every year), and to post the world's best - and most challenging - Christmas song. I'm also making it a tradition to change the second song every year. You're …
Happy Christmas
Merry Christmas! The main reading for our Christmas Eve worship services was Isaiah 9:2-7: The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness - on them light has shined... For the yoke of their burden, and the bar across their shoulders, the rod of …
All That I Can't Leave Unsaid 