by Lisa Forkner | Dec 22, 2023 | Advent, Writings
Christmas is fast approaching; are you still making room? As the season presses in, are you still holding space to quietly wait and watch for Christ’s arrival? How might you stay with the anticipation in these last hours of Advent? Pause to imagine yourself out in a...
by Lisa Forkner | Dec 21, 2023 | Advent, Writings
Christmas is a celebration of bright joy and effulgent light. The brilliant star of the arrival of Christ outshines all other lights we can know. How, then, in this season of Advent, do we make sense of the darkness and doubt that lurk all around us, perhaps within...
by Lisa Forkner | Dec 18, 2023 | Advent, Writings
Can stones really cry out? Could mountains actually sing, and trees actually applaud? Does all creation, as it happens, wait with us for Jesus’ return? While we go about our daily, weekly, regular rhythms of preparing room for Jesus, is nature doing the same?...
by Lisa Forkner | Dec 15, 2023 | Advent, Writings
Do you believe—can you believe?—that you are treasured by God? That He chose you as his treasured possession? The Lord of the universe so rejoices in his love for you that He sings over you with loud shouts of joy. Rest with this image for a moment today: “Sing...
by Lisa Forkner | Dec 12, 2023 | Advent, Writings
Where do you go when you want to be with God? What helps you feel He is near? There are numerous ways in which a Christian believer might feel connected with God in any given moment. A most important way is in reading and hearing God’s Word. Who God is and how...
