It was one of the most amazing experiences I’ve had in my life. I cannot deny what happened on that first Sunday in Advent, 2022. As that little boy slipped the coin, the penny, into his pocket and walked away, the motion around me, that had stopped, suddenly returned. And, my ears tuned in to…
PEACE. It’s raining outside my window. Kind of a dark and gloomy kind of day – with the sun hiding behind the clouds. I can hear the pitter-patter of raindrops. It’s actually rather peace-ful. In this, the second week of Advent, as we have done time and again over the years, we revisit the Advent…
Somewhere around 1977, I had become old enough to realize the “truth” about Santa, and I boldly declared I wanted to be Santa Claus. So, rather than go and buy one of those “cheap” Santa suits to fulfill my dream, mom decided she would hand sew a suit for me. So, she took me down…
HOPE. On the first Sunday of Advent and, subsequently, this first week of Advent, we light the first candle of the Advent wreath which represents “HOPE”. One way to define hope is “one’s desire for good and blessed things to come” or “one’s desire for a better, brighter future”. We hope for good things –…
“So, that was it?”, I asked God as we drove away on that First Sunday in Advent, 2012, “That was the ‘special moment’ You told me about two weeks ago, right?” Mom and I arrived in Minneapolis Thursday night and headed to Fergus Falls, a 3-1/2 hour drive northwest of the cities on Friday. We…
“How are we going to pay for the hotel?”, I asked anxiously, “And, the rental car? And …” It was two weeks before departure and I was in panic mode. Clearly God had answered our prayer and He had given us the green light to go on this trip to Minnesota, in 2012. And, we…