Advent is the season of the liturgical year that focuses on the celebration of the coming of Christ at Christmas and looks forward to His return at the Second Coming. The word “advent” comes from a Latin word for “coming.” Typically, the Advent season either begins four Sundays before Christmas or on the first of…
The Reckless Love of God
As this week draws to a close, let’s spend a little bit of time thinking about the quality or characteristic of life that we want to count this week. Up until now our focus has been on why we are counting – and what we are counting. By no means do I want to imply…
Love of Another Kind: Valentine Sweets
Love on Valentine’s Day? Someone at work griped that Valentine’s Day was just a day invented and promoted by Hallmark to have another opportunity to sell cards. I knew that wasn’t accurate, but it made me dig a little bit to find out about the origins of the holiday. You may be aware of this…
Unlikely
I really didn’t want to be at work yesterday. It was unlikely that I wanted to be anywhere near work. It isn’t that I hate work, but yesterday was the day before the Fourth of July. Many businesses were closed so that their employees might enjoy an extended weekend. My company had given many the…