It has been a hard year for a lot of people I know. Many of my friends are heading into the holidays on fumes. Grief, loss, anxiety, loneliness, and over-stimulation are just a few ingredients in the cocktail of 2025. It makes sense why some Christmas lights and holiday tunes would lift the spirits. And if this is you, I would like to offer the possibility that what your mental and emotional health might really need is Advent.

The Incarnation that is Christ is good news but it lessens if we are unable to face the reasons why it is such good news.

Life, it seems, has reduced itself to waiting, hoping, and anticipation all on its own.

Something bizarre and spooky happened a month ago. In early November several people mysteriously received texts that were sent around...

Yes, I am a happily married woman. No, we do not celebrate Valentine’s Day. I know, I know. When folks hear about this it either makes...

Oh, the things we sing and talk about this time of year! Presents, shepherds, angels, holly, snow, and female reproductive organs. It...

Ever since Christmas I have had a nagging thought. It’s one of those lines you’ve heard many times before but now it just won’t leave you...