Luke 1:46-55 The Holiday season is not a season of joy for everyone; in fact, for many people it is one of the loneliest, saddest times of the year. In the advent journey this is the week for Joy. Joy is not only a feeling or an idea, joy is something that is grounded in […]
Gaudete by David Finnegan-Hosey
How to talk about joy? How to talk about joy as someone whose Advent walk is always in the familiar company of anxiety and depression? How to talk about joy as someone who flinches at suggestions of forced jolliness, who has become hyper-aware of the tendency of churches to try to force positivity as a […]
Small Joys
My spouse and our daughter and pup and I are in the woods at a family cabin for the weekend. This, our little building in the woods with no electricity or plumbing, this is my favorite place in the world. We decided to spend our daughter’s second birthday here. We’re eating lots of watermelon and […]