Advent Blog

My Christmas List is more than just a way to keep track of The special people God has brought into my life to love. It’s like a treasured scrapbook filled with pleasant memories Of all the times God’s answered prayer through friends and family. Every name’s a touchstone that leads to a place and time, […]

Most of the world takes a timeout each day for tea, but most Americans do not take a moment to sip in the afternoon.  Maybe we should. I grew up in the 1970’s.  The decade of polyester, plaid, bell bottoms, and a time where processed food or “Frankenfood” like Velveeta became part of our diets.  Most […]

Sunset…glowing, scarlet, golden, dying in the West, Mountains soaring, amber purple fire–topped on their crest; Tree-trops swaying, lacey, outlined, Nodding in the breeze, Rivers gliding, quiet, noble, flowing to the seas; Soft winds resting, warmly scented, Blowing here and there, Echoes signing, faintly dying, Fading in the air; Twilight deepening, starlit heavens, Shining far above, […]

By Deepak Chopra My ideas prosper me… I am open and receptive to new and enriching ideas.  I welcome them and use them. My attitudes prosper me… I now view all life with a new attitude, for I realize that I am a beloved child of God, heir to all good. My understanding prospers me… […]

Sweet Mary in the straw I wonder what she saw There in the matchless depths Of the eyes of God, As she scanned her baby’s face This Son of God’s own grace, With all the promise of Heaven’s awe I wonder what she saw. I wonder if she glimpsed Heaven With God’s own face enshrined, […]

Each year we can depend on the arrival of Advent. That time of the year when many of us are either jolted Or gently transported into a season of awe and wonder Of an event so spectacular and surreal that it defies reason. But we do not need to wrestle with reason Because as Christians […]

  I’ve been told that a recipe would not be inappropriate as a contribution to the Advent Blog, especially in this happy season of fellowship and gift-giving. So what follows is a pretty swell recipe for rosemary-roasted nuts that is regularly requested by my friends. I’m almost certain that if the Wise Men from the […]

by Myrna Rodriguez The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strong rock, in him will I trust; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower. Psalm 18:2 Lately I’ve been meditating and speaking into my daily prayers, on specific characteristics of God that I have […]

By Maggie Moran A Wondrous Night of sparkling light, To one so new to earth; A glowing church alive with song, To mark the Baby’s birth. Magic streets that dance with light, And frosty window panes; Balsam firs in fragrant, homes, All dressed in candy canes. A jolly man all-clad in red, Enchanted and all-knowing; […]

When Marcie asked me to do this, and said she wanted “real Advent, real Christmas,” I thought I had just the right memory. Picture a three year old girl covered in chocolate frosting in front of a cake decorated lavishly decorated with sprinkles, strawberries, candles, and of course…a LOT of frosting. (Although I think she […]