Blogging Through the Seasons

“Maybe the place we can experience the wonder of this season is in the moments we stop and listen to our very own breathing…and to realize the Divine with us is not in a building we must journey to, but is in the animating breath of what makes us alive” (Erickson,...

“‘I am the Alpha and the Omega–the beginning and the end,’ says the Lord God. ‘I am the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come–the Almighty One’” (Erickson, 59). School immediately comes to mind when I think about a place where I struggle to see...

“‘Let it be to me according to your word.’ Luke 1:38 ESV” (Erickson, 51). I am at the age where many conversations with family and friends dance around the “where’s” and “when’s” of retirement. While retirement is still several years away, Rob and I identified a few...

“‘For to us a child is born, to us a son is given’ Isaiah 9:6 (Erickson, 41).” I had selected another day that I gravitated towards when I volunteered to be a part of this Advent Blog. As it worked out, that day was already taken and this day five that had been left...

“’For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was...

“’In pain you will bring forth children.’ Genesis 3:16 NASB” (Erickson, 29). Erickson’s image today shows a pensive Eve reaching out to a happily pregnant Mary, putting her hand on Mary’s stomach. He writes, “Eve is experiencing hope and grace from a brokenness...