This Sunday morning, at our second stop on the Advent train bound for Bethlehem’s light, we will hear from the prophet Isaiah words originally spoken for those traveling through deep darkness and long shadows: When trapped in the gap between the light we long for and the shadows that surround us, the space to be…
On the eve of Thanksgiving I’m mindful that expressions of gratitude are as wide-ranging as the blessings that lead to them. If you shift that thought into reverse…the more things we count as blessings, the more often, deeply, and fully we offer thanksgiving. Gratitude is a journey: each step propels us not just to the…
Should old acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? Should old acquaintance be forgot, and old lang syne?Robert Burns wrote this now famous song and refrain in Scotland in the 1700’s. Old Lang Synemeans “times gone by”. It did not become associated with New Year’s Eve until Guy Lombardo sang it at a New Year’s…