Found: Advent Day 15
FOUND Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it? When he has found it, he……
Category: Advent 2019
Least: Advent Day 14
LEAST Today marks the seventh anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting. Of the twenty children killed that day, none were older than seven. Most were six. Can we even begin to let that sink in? These beloved ones were some……
Greater: Advent Day 13
GREATER I resist today’s word, because to use it seems to be asking for trouble. I could say, for example, that dark chocolate is greater than milk chocolate, and I probably wouldn’t offend too many people. Although, maybe more folks……
Messenger: Advent Day 12
MESSENGER The moment always comes–I should be used to it by now–when I wonder why in the world I’ve committed myself to writing daily reflections during what is already a very full season. The answer, it seems, is that daily……
Blessed: Advent Day 11
BLESSED May you be blessed by the Lord, who made heaven and earth. –Psalm 115:15 May you be blessed by the laughter and by the tears. May you be blessed by the courage and by the fear. May you be blessed……
See: Advent Day 10
SEE I’m turning to the psalms again today. Psalm 10 begins with a challenging question of God: Why, O Lord, do you stand far off? Why do your hide yourself in times of trouble? The psalmist recites the actions of……
Hear: Advent Day 9
HEAR Psalm 61:1-4 1 Hear my cry, O God; listen to my prayer. 2 From the end of the earth I call to you, when my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I; 3 for you……
Tell: Advent Day 8
TELL Today’s word is sending me in all sorts of directions: show and tell, telling time, time will tell, telltale signs, tell the truth. I’m remembering a painful conversation. Just tell me, I said, when the silence grew unbearable. And……
Baptize: Advent Day 7
BAPTIZE On September 9, 2007, I went to the font at Hoff Lutheran Church of Adams, North Dakota to baptize Keaton Rhyss Nalean-Carlson. This is a letter I wrote for him, but in it I hope you will hear God’s……
Powerful: Advent Day 6
POWERFUL Is the book of Judith in your Bible? Not all traditions consider it part of the canon, so you may or may not find it in your Bible when you go to look for it. If it’s not there,……