THE TABLE OF LOVE: The Love That Draws Near and Stays Is it Monday before Christmas already? How did that sneak up on us? I had hoped to get this up yesterday, but we had a full and fun weekend with neighbors at tables in a tent with hundreds of cookies to decorate,...
THE TABLE OF JOY: Rediscovering Joy Through Presence Joy has a way of finding us when we stop chasing it. This third week of Advent meets us not in noise or spectacle, but in something quieter and more surprising: joy that grows through presence, through shared life,...
Learning to Reconcile in a Divided World Advent has a way of finding us exactly where we are. Last week, we reflected on how Advent begins in the dark — not in our polished moments, but in the places that feel unfinished and unsettled. This second week meets us in...