H/T to Cathleen Falsani over at The Dude Abides: A Christmas Prayer by Robert Louis Stevenson Loving Father, Help us remember the birth of Jesus, that we may share in the song of the angels, the gladness of the shepherds, and worship of the wise men. Close the door of hate and open the door …
News Senate Democrats unite for a momentous health care vote!! Iranian reformist Ayatollah Montazeri passes away. His funeral is an occasion for more protests. Copenhagen gets mixed reviews. Miscellaneous A heart-warming Christmas tale: a woman abandoned as a baby twenty years ago finds the people who found her.
Welcome to the fourth Sunday in Advent. In a few short days, we will celebrate the coming of the Light of the world, and the commemorative time of waiting and darkness will be over. During the last month or so, somewhat coincidentally on my brother Gabe’s recommendation, I’ve been reading Ben Patterson’s Waiting: Finding Hope …
These poignant and challenging thoughts come from my friend Kurt: He was born to an unwed teenage girl. Born in substandard housing. He was first greeted by some of the most marginalized people in his culture. Under fear of death by a powerful politician, this boy and his family fled to another country and lived …
Snow hit the East Coast hard this weekend. It was the most snow I’d ever seen. (And apparently, the most snow that’s ever fallen in DC in December!) And I was as giddy as a four year-old (or a super-excited puppy). Anyway, the sun is blazing outside, the snow is turning to mush, and the …