Wednesday December 17th – The Eighteenth Day of Advent #Rejoice

During the season of Advent, I am going to do something new on the blog. I am going to try my best to offer a daily reflection here as we journey through this season together. To help frame the devotions I have been using hashtags designed by a group with the Episcopalian church. For example, the hashtag assigned for today is #Rejoice. This morning Allison … Continue reading Wednesday December 17th – The Eighteenth Day of Advent #Rejoice

This Week’s Links

Tuesday on the blog means that I get to share some of what I have found interesting and thought provoking over the past week with all of you. This week’s stories range from Advent and Christmas to fairy tale weddings, and neighbor love stories across the spectrum. To help bring some sense to all of the links this week, I have categorized them by the … Continue reading This Week’s Links

Monday December 15th – The Sixteenth Day of Advent #Stir

During the season of Advent, I am going to do something new on the blog. I am going to try my best to offer a daily reflection here as we journey through this season together. To help frame the devotions I have been using hashtags designed by a group with the Episcopalian church. For example, the hashtag assigned for today is #Stir. “Not a creature … Continue reading Monday December 15th – The Sixteenth Day of Advent #Stir

December 12th – The Thirteenth Day of Advent #Baptize

During the season of Advent, I am going to do something new on the blog. I am going to try my best to offer a daily reflection here as we journey through this season together. To help frame the devotions I have been using hashtags designed by a group with the Episcopalian church. For example, the hashtag assigned for today is #Baptize. Today is December … Continue reading December 12th – The Thirteenth Day of Advent #Baptize

This Week’s Links

Tuesday on the blog means that I get to share some of what I have found thought provoking and interesting over the past week with all of you. However, because I had family in town and lots of work last week, you are actually getting two week’s worth of links today. To help make sense of all that I am sharing, I have broken the … Continue reading This Week’s Links

Thursday December 4th- The Fifth Day of Advent

During the season of Advent, I am going to do something new on the blog. I am going to try my best to offer a daily reflection here as we journey through this season together. For today’s reflection I would like to share one from my Uncle Jeff Tengesdal. Jeff is the senior pastor at First English Lutheran Church in Appleton, Wisconsin and shared a … Continue reading Thursday December 4th- The Fifth Day of Advent

Monday Dec. 1st- The Second Day of Advent

During the season of Advent, I am going to do something new on the blog. I am going to try my best to offer a daily reflection here as we journey through this season together. Today’s reflection connects with yesterday’s, as we dwelled yesterday a little with Isaiah 64 (as appointed from the revised common lectionary). Today, let’s consider a little bit of Habakkuk (as … Continue reading Monday Dec. 1st- The Second Day of Advent

Sunday Nov. 30th- The First Sunday of Advent

During the season of Advent, I am going to do something new on the blog. I am going to try my best to offer a daily reflection here as we journey through this season together. As this is the first day of Advent, allow me to also wish you a Happy New Year (at least in terms of the church year). I think it is … Continue reading Sunday Nov. 30th- The First Sunday of Advent

Friday Thanksgivings

Today I am continuing my series of Friday Thanksgivings I began earlier this month as a way of celebrating Thanksgiving all month. I am not sure if these will continue weekly next week, or if I will leave them as a practice for November. What do you think? In the mean time, with Thanksgiving being this past Thursday, here are some more things I am … Continue reading Friday Thanksgivings

Friday Thanksgivings

Today I’m continuing my weekly practice during November of sharing some of what I am grateful and thankful for from the past week, as a way of celebrating Thanksgiving all month. This week, I’m thankful for so much: 1) I’m thankful for amazing conversation partners on Facebook. Earlier this week I shared an article that I had read which really did not sit well with … Continue reading Friday Thanksgivings