I was a part of this. One year ago, at about this time, I marched silently out into the cold to stand for freedom. One of those lights is mine! As I learned attending the Passion Conference last year, modern day slavery is very real. People are being used and abused daily. I’ve heard the…
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The Christmas Scale
This is beautiful. Perhaps one day I will tell a story so profound. Merry Christmas! The Lord has come. May there be joy!
O Come, Emmanuel
This is the theme song of Simeon. He waited, longingly, mournfully for his Savior to come. We are doing the same. He has come once, but has promised to come again. The world is broken and still in need of a savior. O come, Emmanuel. The God who is always with us.
Waiting Like Simeon
“Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.” …
Spiritual Chappiness
When I fly, I do nothing but sit for hours and hours and yet I am exhausted when I finally arrive. How does that happen? My friend, Tracy, and I discussed this phenomenon and described the feeling of being dehydrated, dry, sore, and tired after flying. We decided that it was akin to having chapped…
Done with To Do Lists
I’m done with to do lists. I think I keep 3M, the maker of Post-its in business single-handedly. I have oodles of lists all running concurrently. One for work tasks. One for home and chores. One for bills. One for the blog. One for Christmas presents, and shipping dates, and wish lists. You get the…
Pixar and Gnosticism
Lately I’ve been ruminating on gnosticism. I know, I’m weird. Probably most people don’t even know what that is, but the fact of the matter is, it’s all around us. What is even weirder is how watching Ratatouille gave clarity to my ruminations about gnosticism! Gnosticism is a pre-Christian idea involving a supreme Archon, eons,…
Be Kinder than Necessary
“Be kinder than necessary for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.” T.H. Thompson & John Watson I came across this quote recently and I’ve been unable to get it out of my head. I’ve felt its truth in my own life. I sometimes fool myself into thinking that as soon as I…
Staying Carbonated
“My marriage just went flat… like a soda.” A good friend of mine who was going through a divorce poured out his heart to me over sushi and sake several years ago. He told me how his life had changed since his wife left. How all the details from new checking accounts to new addresses…
Words! How I Love Thee!
Hi. I’m Kelly and I’m a word-addict. I love a good word. Something descriptive, whimsical, and multisyllabic. A solid use of persnickety or twitter-pated or kerfuffle or balderdash can make me smile any day! A friend recently sent me a blog which discussed “25 Handy Words Which Simply Don’t Exist in English.” link here It…