It’s fitting, I think, that Christmas comes so closely on the heels of the winter solstice. We celebrate the birth of Jesus just days after the literal darkest day of the year. I don’t know what this year has held for you. It may be that this has been a dark year, a dark month,…
Month: December 2019
Come Quickly
Christmas is a week away, and if you’re like me, you’ve already heard just about all the holiday music you can handle. There’s been more than enough Mariah Carey, Santa Baby, and Santa Claus is Coming to Town (as well as a host of other equally trite and irritating ditties), and the world really does…
A Roaring Refuge
My private devotion time recently has taken me into the minor prophets, and I was struck by one verse in particular. Joel 3:16: “The Lord roars from Zion, and utters His voice from Jerusalem, and the heavens and the earth quake. But the Lord is a refuge to His people, a stronghold to the people…
The Balancing Act of Holiday Survival
I don’t know about you, but I’m already a bit weary. The stretch between Thanksgiving and Christmas always feels simultaneously too long and too short – far too many days, but also far too many activities. So it seemed an appropriate time to talk about how to survive the holidays relatively intact. (And to be…