Dec 16, 2017 | Devotions |
Advent Devotions 2017 Day Fourteen Joy December 16, 2017 Learning to Walk in Joy When Ella was first learning how to walk, I told Daniel that one of my favorite sounds was hearing her toddle through the house. Can you remember the sounds when a child first starts to...
Dec 15, 2017 | Devotions |
Advent Devotions 2017 Day Thirteen Joy December 15, 2017 Joy Seeds A mother looks deep into the eyes of her infant son, as she holds his hands and pours out babbling baby-talk to him. She cuddles and hugs him, tickling his attraction to mom, and then he breaks out in...
Dec 14, 2017 | Devotions |
Advent Devotions 2017 Day Twelve Joy December 14, 2017 Sweet “Hymns” of Joy Years ago at a Christmas service the last stanza of “O Holy Night” suddenly captured my attention. I reflected on what the world received even beyond that magnificent night of the birth of our...
Dec 13, 2017 | Devotions |
Advent Devotions 2017 Day Eleven Joy December 13, 2017 Ruminations on “Joy” There are a lot of nasty things going on in the world. I won’t repeat them here; you know what they are. I pray to God about them, write to a Congressman from time to time, and wonder how...
Dec 12, 2017 | Devotions |
Advent Devotions 2017 Day Ten Peace December 12, 2017 Serenity For many, myself included, this time of year can be one of melancholy, and with the days growing shorter, and the signs of lushness falling to the ground, it is easy to consider that the land itself feels...
