The words fall so glibly off my tongue — Merry Christmas. To my coworkers. To the lady who checked me out at the store. Sometimes, it’s even a courteous send-off in a work e-mail. I really do mean it. I don’t mean it to hurt. Sometimes it does. Elvis Presley first sang the song we hear this time of year…
Month: December 2024
Christmas and the Sears Catalog
Author’s Note: This is the third installment of our four-week Advent series. Biblical scholarship disagrees with the timing of Christmas and Jesus’ birth. That said, we’ll still take a four-week journey together to examine the meaning of the First and Second Advent in our lives. If you missed our first and second installments, please look them up on the Springtown…
Sing!
Author’s Note: This is the second in our four-week Advent series. The tradition of Advent is rarely mentioned in my faith tradition, but it is common in my family. Biblical scholarship disagrees with the timing of Christmas and Jesus’ birth. That said, we’ll still take a four-week journey together to examine the meaning of the First and Second Advent in…
Follow the Light
Author’s Note: Advent is a four-week season before Christmas that anticipates Jesus Christ’s arrival. Advent is rarely mentioned in my faith tradition, but it was common growing up in my family. Biblical scholarship disagrees with the timing of Christmas and Jesus’ birth. That said, we’ll still take a four-week journey together to examine the meaning of the First and Second…