Tag: Compassion

  • Advent 17 – Santa

    Advent 17 – Santa

    OK – this post is a direct copy from a post I made on my previous blog, Mockingbird’s Nest, back in 2012, but it bears repeating tonight. I’m at my childhood home visiting my parents. Dad turns 87 tomorrow and I spent part of tonight watching him play Santa at the World’s Very Best BBQ Joint,…

  • Advent – Catch Up 2!

    Advent – Catch Up 2!

    The end of the semester needed concentrated attention from me over the last few days, and I made the right-for-me decision to let posting wait until after those responsibilities had been fulfilled. I kept working on my Advent Adventure during this time so this will be a bit of a catch-up posting. And you know…

  • Advent 13 – Community

    Advent 13 – Community

    Advent is, in large part, all about community. While Mary may have kept to herself as she “pondered these things in her heart” (Luke 2:19), she was in the stable at the time, surrounded by a no doubt still-stunned Joseph and a cadre of wild-talking shepherds. People need people. We’re a social species. And sometimes,…