Today is the third Sunday of Advent. I’ve been writing a haiku poem each week - see waiting and peace here - and enjoying the challenge of expressing the truths of Advent in a compact 17 syllables. This week’s theme: joy. May the Lord bless you this week as we approach Christmas, dear reader. Rest… Continue reading Advent. Joy.
Author: Stephanie O'Donnell
Advent. Peace.
Tomorrow brings the second Sunday of Advent. Last week I wrote a Haiku poem on waiting. This week, another one titled “Peace”. Peace. These days such a concept seems unattainable, elusive, like grasping for the wind. As much as we strive, we never lay hold of it. Turn on the television and there awaits for… Continue reading Advent. Peace.
Advent. Waiting.
Waiting is not an act we digital-age instant-access-addicts like to engage in. But the season to reflect upon the non-action verb of delay requiring patience is upon us. Tomorrow is the first day of Advent. Beginning the fourth Sunday before Christmas, it is the season of reflection and remembrance for Christians. We remember our Savior… Continue reading Advent. Waiting.
November. Grace.
But when grace pours in like the warm golden light of a November sunset, it covers death and makes alive, gives depth and beauty where there was none.
A Simple Gift.
"A person’s gift makes room for him and brings him before great people." Proverbs 18:16 The season of gift-giving is upon us. I love this time of the year! Winter's icy cold is settling in, yet the warm lights twinkling across the land warm the breezy chill and make all things cozy. 'Tis the season which reminds me it is time to… Continue reading A Simple Gift.
The Light for My Path 