10 Favorite Blog Posts of 2011

by | Dec 27, 2011 | inspiration, on blogs, writing

While my family and I are gallivanting around this week, I want to share with you my own personal picks for the 10 Favorite Blog Posts of 2011. (When you capitalize things, it makes them Super Official). I have nothing to offer these 10, no award or certificate or...

let earth receive her King

by | Dec 24, 2011 | faith

“In opting to celebrate His birthday in Bethlehem in such low-key fashion, Jesus revealed himself free from public opinion, from fear of what others might say or think. Jesus is the incarnation of the Father’s freedom. Paradoxically, while the freedom of...

if your Christmas feels upside down

by | Dec 21, 2011 | (in)courage

Is this Christmas season filled with a heaviness you can’t shake? A loss you still can’t believe you feel? Empty hands you grasp desperately to fill? Whether this is your first Christmas without someone you love or the last Christmas before a big change,...

tuesdays unwrapped :: the last one

by | Dec 20, 2011 | Tuesdays Unwrapped

It sounds simple: go outside, step into the quiet, if just for a few minutes, and see what rises to the surface. But we can’t do that! It’s almost Christmas! We must do that. It’s almost Christmas. This is perhaps one of the most frustrating...

a monday invitation to a tuesday walk

by | Dec 19, 2011 | breathe

What a delight it has been to host Tuesdays Unwrapped in December. Tomorrow will be our last one. There are so many things that may be happening for you this week. Perhaps you are wrapping, preparing, shopping – things waiting to be finished on this last Monday...