December 2010

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…

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…