Comfort & Joy: Readings and Practices for Advent includes a variety of writings and prompts to guide you through the Christmas season. One of the special features of our book is a variety of recipes. Drawn from our stories and reflections, we share family favorites along with recipes we’ve created that highlight the scents andContinue reading “(Iced) Peppermint Mocha”
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Picture Christmas in July!
To celebrate day three of Christmas in July, click on the comments link below and share a favorite summer picture of your own. I’ll go first. I love celebrating summer by taking some time at the lake! Those are my toes pictured – after a ride on an innertube, of course. Ahhhhh, summer. If ChristmasContinue reading “Picture Christmas in July!”
Sneak Peek…
We’re excited to share with you some of Gwen’s reflections from the introduction to Comfort & Joy: Readings and Practices for Advent as part of our 12 Days of Christmas (in July) celebration! One of my earliest holiday memories is of my family’s annual Christmas Day trip to Pennsylvania from our Virginia home in theContinue reading “Sneak Peek…”
Christmas in July!
As we hit the midpoint of summer, Christmas may be the last thing on your mind! Between the heat dome temperatures and extended hours of sunlight, dark and cozy nights by twinkle light may seem only a distant memory. But this year, in honor of our forthcoming Advent book, we are inviting the Some ComfortContinue reading “Christmas in July!”
Joy for your Body: (Midlife) Manifesto (Psalm 56:8)
“You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your record?” -Psalm 56:8 My body started shutting down. When I didn’t listen to the cues she was giving me, trying to cover and numb the discomfort with medications, my body just got louder. When I had aContinue reading “Joy for your Body: (Midlife) Manifesto (Psalm 56:8)”
Time for Comfort: I’ve Got 99 Problems (Psalm 23)
“The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.” Psalm 23:1 Not unlike the list of things to do in my life, the list of problems is unending. But this is the stuff of life. Our lives are full of problems to be solved, or not solved as the case may be. Problems, and theContinue reading “Time for Comfort: I’ve Got 99 Problems (Psalm 23)”
Joy for Fall: Autumn Walk (Psalm 104:2-6)
Scroll to the bottom for a link to listen to this post on our Some Comfort and Joy podcast! You stretch out the heavens like a tent, you set the beams of your chambers on the waters, you make the clouds your chariot, you ride on the wings of the wind, you make the windsContinue reading “Joy for Fall: Autumn Walk (Psalm 104:2-6)”
Dust to Dust: Ash Wednesday Reflection and Invitation
“Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.” Again and again I will repeat the phrase tonight; each time dipping my finger into the fine ash; my blackened finger marking the sign of the cross on each person’s forehead– reminder and sign. Today starts a stretch of 40 days (not including Sundays)Continue reading “Dust to Dust: Ash Wednesday Reflection and Invitation”
