Amid our present thanksgiving season, I found myself reflecting on Advent as I prepared a work for a local Advent art show. Advent is both a time of anticipation and preparation for celebrating Christ’s birth and anticipating His glorious return. 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 offers us a profound hope and encouragement. For the Lord himself willContinue reading “Advent: Anticipating Christ’s Return”
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Letting Go and Letting God: Embracing the Serenity Prayer
The Serenity Prayer has long been a guiding light for many during times of struggle, myself included. It is a simple but profound prayer, its words holding deep truth that cuts through the noise as its theorems invite us into a space of acceptance, action, and discernment. “God, grant me the serenity to accept theContinue reading “Letting Go and Letting God: Embracing the Serenity Prayer”
If I Created a Holiday
If I created a holiday I wonder what kind of holiday I would create? Surely, it would wrap all my favorite things into one—the best things about Christmas, Thanksgiving, Birthdays, and New Year’s. What if I were to throw in a smidgen of July 4th and Memorial Day? Invent a holiday! Explain how and whyContinue reading “If I Created a Holiday”
