Read: Psalm 111 To catch up, read the previous posts: Spend Less, Give More, and Love All. I really get into Advent. While other people are getting ready for Christmas, I'm fully into Advent. Anticipation. Waiting. Christ is coming! This, of course, rubs my family and friends the wrong way. …
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Advent 3 – Love All
Read: Psalm 34, Isaiah 61 To catch up, read the previous posts: Spend Less and Give More. It is very easy to look at religious faith as a tool for being a good person. Do this. Don't do that. Make these particular choices. Avoid those. Be prudent and wise and everything will work out for you …
Advent 2 – Give More
Read: Isaiah 9:6-7, Ephesians 1:3-10 To catch up, don't forget to visit last week's post: Spend Less. This time every year, I think of the French philospher Jacques Derrida. Weird, I know. But stick with me. Derrida named the inherent problem with giving gifts: their unspoken obligations. If …