Christmastime is a time of ‘preparing room’. Shopping, cookie-baking, special parties, holiday decorating, wrapping, thinking about years of Christmas memories, traveling to visit with family and friends…these are all ways we open up space in our budgets, our stomachs, our…

Immanuel, meaning “God with us” (Matthew 1:23) Normal nazarene (Isaiah 53:2) Christ, the Consolation of Israel (Luke 2:25) Anointed by the Spirit (Matthew 3:17) Road of the redeemer to the Cross (Gal 3:13) Night: born in Bethlehem (Luke 2:8) and…

No, Cam is not a relative of mine. Cam Jansen is an amazing sleuth who has a photographic memory. When I was little, I read her books and wanted to be like her. She would look at a scene, close…

21 years ago on this day, the Lord brought me into the world at 5:43am. Somehow it doesn’t surprise me that I woke up this morning around 6. *Sigh*. I am still an early bird after all these years. Speaking…

As i reflect on the last two weekends, it amazes me how sharp the contrast of feelings is between them. the first i shared with my family in pure joy: my sister Nora came into town for four days of…