Category: Christmas

  • Step Into the Scene

    One of the primary forms the text of scripture takes is story. Thus imagination should be one of our primary tools as we approach it.…

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  • Isaiah Writes 9

    The sun has set. The day is over. Β My two sons sleep in front of the dwindling cooking fire while my wife sits nearby, winding…

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  • With This First Glimpse

    Shooing a pair of goats and a hen out of the first stall, I bend and gather a pile of hay for her. She sinks…

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  • Remember Christmas

    I go to see my mom on Christmas Day. I take her flowers. It is like many other visits with the Alzheimers, that thickening veil…

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  • Gabriel Visits Mary

    Purple with sunrise, the last of the night's clouds drift toward the sea. I pass through our gate and start up the rocky, winding path…

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