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A Christmas Blessing to Help You See What Matters
In the midst of tinsel and torn paper tomorrow, may we remember the greatest gift ever wrapped is a baby in swaddling clothes. May our hearts thump with the excitement of a child when we…
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How to Find Your Way Through a Silent Midnight
How do we find our way through a silent midnight to the peace pulsing through the lyrics of “Silent Night”? Peace in the pressing and paltry. Calm in the cramped and chaotic. Warmth for the…
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What to Do When a Word of the Year Finds You
I know this! The way God is ever close when we’re unhurried and surrendered. How all feels like sacred ground–a gymnastics mat, a worn bean bag in the basement, a walking trail exploding with bent-near…
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How to Go Gently Into the End of the Year
Go gently into the end of the year, into relaxed smiles and unassuming joy, into the sheer delight of flexibility and strung lights, into unapologetic wonder and eruptions of laughter.
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A Blessing for Imperfect, God-Present Thanksgivings
Thanks. We practice it all month and now we’re here. But there’s no pressure to say it perfect, only welcome–to behold You so praise becomes spontaneous.
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For the One Wishing Joy Was Authentic This Thanksgiving
Joy seems like a novel idea. If only it could be produced with decor and Thanksgiving fixings. If only it didn’t feel fair-weathered and immensely fragile.
