Advent
I used to love how the carol “Silent Night” captured my image of the season: […]
In response to several requests, here’s the wonderful quotation Scott read at the end of […]
“A prison cell, in which one waits, hopes, does various unessential things, and is completely […]
I have long held off on writing an anathema against the Advent Police. Mostly because […]
This one comes to us from Matt Kroelinger. Turn on the news station of your […]
This is an Advent reflection that came up in yesterday’s entry in Watch for the Light: […]
This one comes to us from the inestimable Zac Koons: How do you picture the […]
I currently live in a cliché. I am four weeks into motherhood, sitting in a […]
As I stumble through the door of the fourth baby shower or “sprinkle” I have […]
This is the second time in my life I have been pregnant during Christmas. With […]
The Advent reading this morning in the Daily Office Lectionary is a zinger, the way it’s laid out. (Don’t get any ideas—this isn’t something I do with any regularity.) First off, we’re given the Old Testament reading, the Lord’s promise through the prophet Isaiah, that a child will come, and that through him the heavy burdens of the “people in darkness” will finally see light: The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light…