LOVE. We’ve been on a journey. Over the past three weeks, we’ve journeyed through the season of Advent. On the first week of our journey, we lit the first candle of the Advent wreath and meditated on the theme, “HOPE”. On the second week, our journey took us along the path of “PEACE”. And, last…
JOY. On this, the third week in Advent, we light the third candle of the Advent wreath – the pink, or rose, candle. And, we celebrate the third Sunday that preceeds the third week in Advent as “gaudete”, or “rejoice”, Sunday. It’s a week to rejoice! But, what are we rejoicing about? You say, “but,…
You’re hurting. I hear you. This is a particularly difficult time of the year for many. It’s tough when, in the midst of the festivities, we feel we must put on a happy face and hide the pain, the tears, the sadness. You are not alone. And, you don’t have to “fake it ’til you…
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…
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…