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Advent Light Day 12: The Classics
So this morning, as I was doing my morning devotions, it occurred to me that I hadn’t blogged last night. I completely forgot. We had something of a minor family emergency last night (nothing for anyone to worry about, but it threw the night’s schedule off significantly), and my Advent blogging completely passed me by.…
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Advent Light Day 10: The Conversations
At my counseling session today, I said something like this: “When I do or say something wrong, I want to be able to say, ‘There I go again,’ and just move on.” That sounds like the gold ring of therapy, of mental health, for me. Can you imagine – me, being able to say that?…
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Advent Light Day 9: The Rest
It’s been a long day, and I just came home from a long meeting. I was out of sorts a lot of the day, a bit grumpy and testy. Luckily, I was able to pretty much keep that to myself. I’m supposed to find two signs of God’s light today, and here’s what I’ll say:…
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Advent Light Day 8: The Voices
For the past week, I’ve been blogging every day. I’m delighted and proud about it, actually. I had slipped so far off the wagon of writing, and now I feel I’m back on. I feel like I tricked myself into writing daily, and it’s worked. The best mind games are the ones you play on…
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Advent Light Day 7: The Skating Rink
I took my kids to the Easton Winter Village today, an annual event held in downtown Easton each December. There are vendors, live music, visits from Santa, ice skating, and more. We’d never been there before, but thought we’d check it out and see what it was about. Without any doubt, the hit of the…
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Advent Light Day 6: The Abundance
What a day. I found light in at least three moments today. I’ll tell you briefly about each one. First, there was my visit to Kurt. Kurt has been my pastor, my confidant, my counselor, my cheerleader, and my friend. Now he’s in a personal care facility because of Parkinson’s disease. I haven’t gone to…
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Searching for Advent Light Day 5: The Colors
I was working this morning in my office, staring at the computer, waiting for the inspiration for Sunday’s sermon to come. I was so close – I knew broadly what I wanted to talk about, but I couldn’t find the way in. My muse was not arriving at the time I wanted her to. So…
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Searching for Advent Light Day 4: The School Chorus
I will admit – I’m not the type of person who generally goes to high school chorus concerts. I know that our local high school is known for its performing arts program, but I’m just not somebody who generally makes it a priority to go out and enjoy good music, when it’s easier to just…
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Searching for Advent Light Day 3: The Boy
I had a mostly solo day today. I had no appointments, no meetings, no pastoral visits planned. I spent the majority of the day in my office, working on a sermon, preparing for upcoming meetings and events, and getting further advanced in a few projects. I like having days like this sometimes. But in the…
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Searching for Advent Light Day 2: A Return to Health
Today’s sign of Advent light is the hope of a return to health. I saw this light in two ways today. Yesterday, I felt miserable most of the day. I was freezing, feverish. I spent an hour in the evening curled up in my bed with the heat turned way up, and still I was…
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