Monday Mailing 39

Monday Mailing #39 Christmas Shopping by Ann Weems I had a dream that the Holy Family came down the escalators at Field’s. Angels in red raiment flew around sprinkling us with Stardust, singing alleluias and playing their bugles, and all the shoppers knelt in...

Monday Mailing 38

Welcome to the Monday Mailing #38 –  One of the most powerful things that Christians claim is that God saw the great needs of the world and offered a perfect gift in response, a gift that brought God and humanity closer together. God’s perfect gift, Jesus...

Monday Mailing 37

Welcome to the Monday Mailing #37 –  The Giving Tuesday Edition Who would have thought we would label the days after Thanksgiving. . .and even the first few days in Advent (most years) in this way. I understand Malls were crowded on Friday for the “festivities.”...

Monday Mailing 36

Welcome to the Monday Mailing #36 –  Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses,  let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely,  and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,  looking to Jesus...

Monday Mailing 35

Welcome to the Monday Mailing #35 –    I have drained the first cup of coffee, and I am still staring at a mostly blank screen. I know I need another cup, mostly to wake up, and I know this is what happens when I go without a nap on Sunday afternoon. I...

Monday Mailing 34

Welcome to the Monday Mailing #34 –  Don’t ask yourself what the world needs.   Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that,   because what the world needs is people who have come alive.       ~Howard Thurman   When I was 16, my father died...