LOVE: What is Love?
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”….
Hope
JOY: What is Joy?
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”,…
You’re hurting. I hear you.
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,…
PEACE: What is Peace?
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…
HOPE : What is Hope?
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…
My Christmas Story: Miracle at the Mall – Pt.4
“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…