Bought a new car this weekend. Yep… there it is: my big news is that I single-handedly bought a brand new car this weekend. It was a strange thing, walking into the showroom (a woman all by herself), knowing that for the first time in my life I had the financial power to buy a … Continue reading
My mother’s father-in-law passed away last week. Before your knees jerk and you feel an impulse to express your condolences, know that this man was not especially kind–nor was the family in which he lived particularly welcoming. This was a man who refused medical help for the cancer that eventually ate his body, yet for … Continue reading
For many, the season of Advent is a time of waiting, of anticipation. In the four weeks preceding Christmas time, Advent is a time set aside to understand waiting and patience… to feel the desire for God’s love more acutely and to know the poignant truth that one is never truly without God’s love.