Monthly Archives: December 2022

There are many glimpses we get of the remarkable, ordinary, with-us story of our salvation. I hope that you can visualize in the specific, angel-sent affirmation that what you see with your mind’s eye is absolutely true for you. The … Continue reading →

As we begin this week, we have just six more days until the glorious celebration of our Savior’s birth -Emmanuel, God with usl O Come EmmanuelCome into our heartsCome into our thoughtsCome into our every actionCome into our painCome into … Continue reading →

As this season of Advent has given us time to “get ready” for the celebration of Jesus’s birth, and allowed us reflective moments of how we are growing in Christ and how we can share the good news; may it … Continue reading →

Tomorrow is the fourth Sunday of Advent and the spiritual preparation for the birth of Jesus Christ continues.  The actual tradition of using the Advent Wreath for this season originated among German Lutherans in the 16th Century, but the use … Continue reading →

I wrote this blog last February. I have been feeling out of sorts again recently. I have been grumpy and rude with people who do not deserve this kind of treatment. So I thought that I would get the blog … Continue reading →

I only know about John Prindle Scott (August 16, 1877 in Norwich, New York – December 2, 1932 in Syracuse, New York) what I read in Wikipedia: He “was an American author, lecturer, educator and composer of art songs.” One … Continue reading →

When I was a child, I kept pestering my parents for a bike. All my friends had one, why not me? It turns out that they had been struggling with this issue, since I was 11 and my 10 year … Continue reading →

We are now just past the midway point in the Advent season. The tone shifts to more-comfortable Mary from scary John the Baptist. It reminds me of many things. This would be the time when Mom would bake some sixty … Continue reading →

Did you get up this morning at dayspring?  I’m guessing you may be a bit baffled.  What exactly is dayspring?   To us it’s an archaic word, but it simply means dawn, daybreak, the first appearance of light before sunrise.  The … Continue reading →

Who were the magi?  Magi is a transliteration of magus a word in Greek, that refers to the Three Wise Men or the Three Kings. From what I have read there is no concrete evidence there were only three kings, but the assumption … Continue reading →