O Lord,
prepare my heart
for the advent
of your presence!
May your light pierce
December’s darkness
and illuminate my life.
Despite winter’s chill
may my home glow
with the warmth
of your love.
In a season of giving
teach me to receive.
In a month of over-indulgence
show me how to simplify.
In the midst of shopping and baking
guide me to times of solitude
and prayer. In the […]

For my Advent devotionals, I am reading Wendy Wright’s The Vigil: Keeping Watch in the Season of Christ’s Coming. I like the way she intertwines her personal story with a deep study of the Scriptures. She writes, “Promise is at the heart of the season of Coming. Opening our hearts to the radical nature of […]

The following quote from Barbara Brown Taylor’s book, Gospel Medicine, grabbed me and wrestled me into a time of prayer this morning:
“…God (is) calling us to serve, certainly, but calling us first and last to stay as close as we know how to the one who has chosen us, to stay as close to the […]