As I'm writing at 5:30 AM, moonlight is streaming through my office window. The cheerful flicker of the Christmas tree lights is visible through the living room doorway. (None of this really has anything to do with today's subject. I just felt like ... Continue reading

(If you've missed my earlier "Christmas Gifts" posts, you can click here.) Does the Christmas season ever seem a bit... lonely? Do you feel that deep inner ache for... well, you're not sure for what. But you do know that in spite of Christmas joy ... Continue reading

The house was cleaned and decorated. It looked its best since the previous December. Christmas accents and decorative lights gave off their soft glow. The porch entryway was welcoming with fresh cut greenery and a lighted wreath hanging on an ... Continue reading

The annual Christmas Party -  whether it be at the office, with friends, or with family - tends to a be a time for memory-making! I was hosting this year's Christmas party for my fellowship group. For some reason (which I cannot remember now!) we had ... Continue reading

I haven't been consistent posting here on my site these past few months. So why do I have the crazy idea of writing each day this Christmas week? (Photo Credit) I could try to sound generous and say this is my gift to my readers. But you are ... Continue reading

(Sometimes my words feel risky to share, because of their personal tone. These are such words, written last summer.) I am unsettled on this night. Despising the cries from my heart that I don't want to hear. Perhaps I can escape its pleading for ... Continue reading