Dark, Year-End Hymns What is it about the end of the year that makes us turn to stout and solemn hymns? While the…Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellDecember 30, 2013
Elf on a shelf I learned about the recent “elf on a shelf” trend on the day after Thanksgiving, when the plane I was…Jessica BrattDecember 30, 2013
Abide with Me Abide with me: fast falls the eventide; The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide.Debra RienstraDecember 28, 2013
Deep in the Dark: Abiding During the Dark Night of the Soul Guest blogging for Theresa Latini today is Nkiru Okafor. Sr. M. Nkiruka C. Okafor IHM is a member of the…Theresa LatiniDecember 27, 2013
Authenticity It’s age. Why not tell it like it is? I wouldn’t be ornery if I were 24 or even 48. …James C. SchaapDecember 27, 2013
Learning Word I don’t mean to speed ahead or jump out of order too quickly, baby Jesus just being born and all…Thomas GoodhartDecember 26, 2013
O, Holy Shit A guest post by my partner and fellow minister, Jim Kast-Keat. A poem he wrote reflecting on the gravity of…Jes KastDecember 26, 2013
But Mary On this Christmas Eve day as I prepare for some last-minute mayhem at some stores--and following my being out yesterday…Scott HoezeeDecember 24, 2013
Sentimental Christmas In one of the first entries of Preparing for Christmas, an Advent devotional by Father Richard Rohr, there is a…Jeff MunroeDecember 23, 2013
Hours and Days and Years and Ages Late Advent is usually a time for songs for me. Typically—and in violation of strict church-year protocol—I sneak ahead to…James BrattDecember 21, 2013