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HOW IS GOD LOVING ME – AND WHERE IS GOD LEADING ME?
Devotional thoughts for the Advent season
Sunday, December 1st (You may appreciate having a small practice to serve as a daily reminder in this Advent time. As we reflect on our hope in Christ this week, I plan to light a candle and remember Jesus as our light of hope.)… Continue Reading “1. AN ADVENT AMONG OTHER THINGS: HOPE IN CHRIST”
As I began to prepare my Advent reflections for this year, it was difficult to find an inspirational theme. I struggled to write anything of significance amid election outcomes and personal heartaches, along with life’s regular responsibilities and unexpected interruptions. I prayerfully questioned how… Continue Reading “AN ADVENT AMONG OTHER THINGS: INTRODUCTION”
FRIDAY, CHRISTMAS WEEK: LOVE As we close our Preparing Room series, I thank you for your presence and for your kind words and prayers along the way. I hope that you had a blessed Christmas, and that goodness will shine upon you in the… Continue Reading “NURTURE OUR HEARTS IN LOVE: REST AND REFRESH”
WEDNESDAY, CHRISTMAS WEEK: LOVE How will we work with Jesus to furnish our heart-rooms with more Love? Will he help us find more time for serving, more patience for caring, more generosity for sharing, more awareness for acting? Do you envision an open door… Continue Reading “NURTURE OUR HEARTS IN LOVE: FURNISH”
MONDAY, CHRISTMAS DAY: LOVE A blessed Christmas to you all! Jesus has been born–and born once again in our hearts! The Advent season has come to an end, but we will continue working on our heart-rooms to increase space for the Love of God… Continue Reading “NURTURE OUR HEARTS IN LOVE: REARRANGE”
SUNDAY, WEEK FOUR: LOVE (CHRISTMAS EVE) On this last day of Advent, Christmas Eve, we take another look around our heart-rooms. Have we made space for the Love of God incarnate in the infant Jesus? Or, as in the nativity story, do we have… Continue Reading “NURTURE OUR HEARTS IN LOVE: DECLUTTER”
FRIDAY, WEEK THREE: JOY As we now rest and refresh ourselves in the Joy of God in Christ, I share a post from my blogger friends, Don and Jo. When I read the post, I was profoundly touched by their beautiful example of the… Continue Reading “DELIGHT OUR HEARTS WITH JOY: REST AND REFRESH”
WEDNESDAY, WEEK THREE: JOY What inspires your Joy? Many of our homes are now furnished with joyful decorations of the season; what “furnishings” might be added to your heart-room as reminders of God’s presence with us, our Joy in Christ? Do you envision festive… Continue Reading “DELIGHT OUR HEARTS WITH JOY: FURNISH”
MONDAY, WEEK THREE: JOY How will we rearrange our heart-rooms with space, our priorities with time, for the Joy of God in Christ? With a few schedule changes, how might we find time for practices that add meaning, delight, and creativity to life, that… Continue Reading “DELIGHT OUR HEARTS WITH JOY: REARRANGE”
FRIDAY, WEEK TWO: PEACE Today we take a moment to rest and refresh with an excerpt from the book, Uncommon Gratitude, in which Joan Chittester writes of the Peace that can fill our souls and then be shared with others: And how does peace… Continue Reading “COMFORT OUR HEARTS WITH PEACE: REST AND REFRESH”
Simply Soul Searching 