Happy Monday to you wherever you are! I’m waiting for a shuttle and a full day of travel back home after time with John. Travel always provides a whole new set of stories so I am looking forward to sharing some when I get back to technology I have slightly mastered. Because Russ’s iPad …….
Because Mary and Martha are having a tug of war in my head … which happens every year about this time… Mary wants to sit at the feet of Jesus and meditate and ponder… Martha wants to get the house decorated… and she spends waaaaaay too much time digging through those green tubs of decorations…
As one who is easily distracted by shiny things, this season is particularly challenging for me as I sort through traditions that are dear to the fabric of my upbringing, parenting and grand-parenting while balancing the lure of extreme commercialism and marketing strategies against the sacred longing to use the season of Advent to draw even nearer to…