Month: December 2022

Dearest Community, Happy New Year! A friend of mine always divides people into two groups. There are the types who _______ and the types who don’t _______. You can fill in the blanks (i.e. those who get speeding tickets, hit deer, go to the movies, …). I always found this slightly funny, because I’ve always […]

Dearest Community, Merry Christmas! Over Christmas, I hope you can spend some time with a community of those you love, and who love you right back. I hope that in that mix of love you can experience God-With-Us. May all that love remind us that God is present. And may we see each other, each […]

Dearest Community, Dear ones, we have entered the last week of Advent, and the start of Winter Break for our students and teachers. I thought I’d take a moment and run through some of what this next week has in store for us. On Wednesday evening, December 21 at 7:00 pm, we will hold our […]

Dearest Community, For the third Sunday in Advent, we celebrate “Joy.” I’ve appreciated the Advent readings from Enfleshed this year. This week’s Advent reading is a good reminder that even in the midst of sorrow, we can find joy. And that joy doesn’t come without sorrow but co-exists side by side. That even though there […]

Dearest Community, With the weather turning cold and the snow that fell earlier this week (although not enough to close school), it really is starting to feel like Advent to me. I’ve found over the years that sometimes it takes a week or so before it really sinks in. We really are awaiting the birth […]