….regardless of our worthiness.  How lovely it is to celebrate a season that was shaped and formed by grace. From Week Two // Day Three: How is it going for you?  Jesus came to Bethlehem to show us what it is like to see grace walking around in a body.  He has bestowed grace on…

Every year I see Christmas cards like this one that came in the mail today. “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.”  Isaiah 7:14 But the story behind this birth announcement is unsettling.  What is it about the…

I have always loved the way things connect to make a whole.  One of my favorite memories as a little girl was a time with my family, walking through the Henry Ford Museum in Michigan — staring for as long as the adults would let me, at the intricate doll houses representing various periods in American history….

What a whirlwind it has been since the books arrived! Thank you to all of you who purchased and gifted books so that we could get most of the 500 copies out before today, the beginning of Advent 2015.  I am looking forward to sharing this season with you. One of the requests I received several times over…