Day 5: Given For to us a child is born, to us a son is given. Isaiah 9:6 God so loved the world. Yawn. I don’t mean to be disrespectful but the world is a pretty big place. According to the World Population clock today there are 7.98 billion people inhabiting this dirty little tennis […]

Day 4: Vulnerability For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven […]

Day 3: Motherhood In pain you will bring forth children. Genesis 3:16 Can I be honest? I wasn’t ready to be a mom. When that pee stick told me the news, I cried. And peed on another stick. (They were not happy tears.) It’s not that I was too young or unsettled; no, I just […]

Day 2: Light The Word gave life to everything that was created, and his life brought light to everyone. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it. John 1:4-5 Light. I once had a dream that I was in the presence of God and the light was so intense that […]

Day 1: Annunciation Gabriel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, favored woman! The Lord is with you!” Confused and disturbed, Mary tried to think what the angel could mean. Luke 1:28-29 Welcome to Advent 2022. I must confess, I did not grow up in a religious environment that celebrated Advent very liturgically. I didn’t grow […]