It never fails that whenever I have a massive deadline looming, I am overcome by the insatiable desire to bake something. When I find…
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Last evening I learned that Herberger’s – a major department store in my community – would be closing its doors for good in the…
Holy Week in a house with two pastors is intense, to say the least. As the stress of planning extra services mounts, and as…
The season of Lent is a season of intentionality. Throughout Lent, many people choose to fast from something or add in a new spiritual…
A few years ago, I decided I wasn’t going to make New Year’s resolutions anymore. It wasn’t that I thought no one should make…
I have heard many sermons on the different kinds of love in the New Testament. I was always told that there was friendship love,…
One-by-one we’re opening all the doors on our Advent calendars as we count down the days until Christmas. As each day passes, we get…
The Advent wreath seems so simple in its presentation: a single wreath, four taper candles, a pillar candle in the center, and four themes….
Romans 8:18-25; Genesis 3:1-19 A ball of yarn is full of possibilities. It is formless. It doesn’t yet have a shape. In a way…
When I first began this anti-Advent wreath project, I assumed that I would be talking about despair for week 1. But, the more I…