Sometime this summer, I was walking around with laundry in my hands, and out of who-knows-where, I was pummeled with a very disconcerting thought: this December, my daughter will be turning nine. NINE. As in, halfway to EIGHTEEN. As in, by December my parenting-my-daughter-under-my-roof season will be HALFWAY over. I…
December 2010
From a Moltmann sermon on Isaiah 9: All the images the prophet uses to paint the possible future point to one fact: the birth of the divine child. The burning of the weapons, the jubilation and the great light are all caught up in the birth of God’s peace-bringer. They…
Over the years I’ve had mixed feelings about Facebook. A number of times I have debated closing my account and giving it up altogether. So I’m aware of all the critiques, and I agree with most of them. But here’s the thing. Sometimes, Facebook can be an even better connector…