I love the buildup to Christmas. I love the anticipation during the month of December. I love all of the music, TV specials, and Advent services at church before Christmas. I’m finding, though, that one of my favorite times during Christmas is the day and days after Christmas.
This year we [...]
Ten years ago today I was in the process of deconstructing myself down to the foundation. I had to figure out what I wanted and what God wanted to do with me. I really had no idea about either of those two things, so I spent a lot of time alone. I [...]
For the last couple of years, we’ve made it an annual tradition to travel to Nashville to see Andrew Peterson’s Christmas show. We would travel to the city for a couple of days and hang out in places like Fido and Bookman, gawk at all of the decorations at the Opryland Hotel, and then [...]
Everyone comes into the Christmas season with a lot of baggage. We all have disappointments and distractions that keep us from enjoying the actual meaning of Christmas. Sometimes it manifests itself in family issues from past wounds from familial strife to dealing with contentious in-laws. Sometimes it manifests itself in loneliness from [...]
An addendum to The Darkest Night of the Year