Posted in Reading on Dec 16th, 2011
The first Friday of Advent, I headed down to the basement to grab our wreath-form, so I could take it to church that night and make our Advent wreath. Since I was rummaging around in the Advent box, I grabbed a dozen or so of our favorite Christmas books and brought them upstairs, too. As [...]
Posted in Church Year on Dec 13th, 2011
It’s the third week of Advent. Each night, we light two purple candles and a pink one on our Advent wreath. In a recent post, Patricia Spreng wrote that Advent snuck up on her and she didn’t have her Advent wreath out yet, but hey, she’d wear her purple suit coat to church on the [...]
Posted in Church Year on Dec 6th, 2011
“Who will show us the way to Bethlehem?” Gathered in Julia’s living room, we sit in a half-circle, some dozen volunteers in our church’s Godly Play program, sprawled on sofas and chairs and the floor. Debbie sits before us, a large piece of purple felt spread on the floor. “This is the season of Advent,” [...]
I am a reader (I feel about books the way some people feel about chocolate: yum), a writer (I've written a book, even: The Circle of Seasons: Meeting God in the Church Year), and a mother (of four). So that's what I blog about: reading, writing, and raising my kids.