Monthly Archives: January 2019

Unbelievable bird stories, all true

All my life I’ve had trouble with people not believing my bird stories.  I have one to tell this week, but before I do, you need a little orientation as to how hard pressed I am to expose my bird … Continue reading

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The nativity, captivity, and a real Christmas

In life-long church attendance and in decades of parenting, my husband and I have attended too many Christmas programs to count.  Those of my youth were, without exception, all traditional nativity plays with the coat hanger winged angels, bath-robed shepherds, … Continue reading

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Advent season–anticipation and longing

“The answer to deep anxiety is the deep adoration of God.” –Ann Voskamp The Advent season is here.  Even though I was not raised in this tradition in my rural Baptist church, I have come to appreciate much about it, … Continue reading

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