The trail of gratitude on the internet can at times be both long and complex. Case in point: I came across this piece on Christmas gifts at MaryAnn McKibben Dana’s great blog, “The Blue Room,” where she referenced an article written by Gretchen Ziegenhals on Duke’s fine Faith and Leadership website where she (Gretchen) talks about an idea she received at a workshop given by Susan Vogt. Still with me…? 🙂 I suppose it doesn’t matter. Here are the relevant paragraphs on Christmas gift-giving at home, first from Gretchen (as quoted by MaryAnn): At a retreat on Christian life, I heard Susan V. Vogt describe a wonderful tradition...
Luke 2:3-5
posted by DJL
All went to their own towns to be registered. Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was descended from the house and family of David. He went to be registered with Mary, to whom he was engaged and who was expecting a...
Glass Sugar Plums
posted by DJL
I heard an interview yesterday with one of the parents of a first-grader who survived Friday’s shootings. He was taking his kids Christmas shopping in a nearby town. It wasn’t, he said, to try to forget about the tragedy or to put it behind him, but rather to help them hold onto each other...
Tears, Prayers &...
posted by DJL
I wanted to pass along two recent posts that readers of this blog have sent my way. Both concern reactions to the shootings this past Friday in Newtown, CT. The first revolves around the gun policies in our country and is, in particular, a direct response to the fierce opposition of the...
Luke 2:1-2
posted by DJL
In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. It’s sometimes easy for us to forget that the Evangelists – those Christians who wrote our four gospels –...