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 unfilled expectations in [...]
An addendum to The Darkest Night of the Year
Thoughts as the year burns down.
This Christmas, Adriene and I traveled to Nashville to see a Christmas concert at the Ryman Auditorium by Andrew Peterson. However, this was no ordinary concert, but instead of gathering of the “who’s who” of artists no one has ever heard of. Artists like Phil Keaggy, Pierce Pettis, Julie Miller, Phil Madeira, Derek Webb, Jill [...]
Five years ago, I made a secret trip to Nashville on the shortest day of the year. It may sound dramatic, but in some way, the little journey changed my life. To celebrate the anniversary and to celebrate the anniversary of my wedding, my wife and I returned to Nashville. Night hung over the city [...]