October 23, 2021
As president of the ministry, Words of Worth, Inc., I am excited to announce the publication of a perpetual advent devotional entitled, Socially Distant, Spiritually Close. Co-authored with Words of Worth board member, fellow Bible Study leader, and friend, Susan Weber, this book was inspired by the pandemic of 2020, which changed many things in our lives, not the least of which was how we celebrated Christmas. Words and phrases such as, “unprecedented” and “social distancing”, crept into our language and became very commonplace. The…
December 6, 2013
Last Sunday was the first day of December and the first Sunday of Advent. It appeals to the logical side of my brain for this to happen simultaneously. I was anticipating the lighting of the Advent candle at the morning church service and I was not disappointed. All five candles stood majestically near the altar and the reading that accompanied the lighting was from the book of Isaiah. How appropriate.
What I didn’t anticipate the next morning in my personal Advent devotional book was a Psalm about Solomon’s kingship and a…
December 1, 2012
Even though Christmas seems to start earlier every year, with the tinsel and colored lights sharing shelf space with the Halloween candy (sigh…) we seem to always be so surprised when the calendar turns to December 1st. Yesterday, I heard three different people exclaim, “December starts tomorrow! How did that happen?” I had to resist the urge to respond, “Same way it always happens!”
But if the arrival of December 1st is shocking, then brace yourself: tomorrow is December 2nd and that means it’s also the first Sunday in…
