Consider the Lilies

Category: Christmas

  • The Unfinished

    In the U.S., the annual Christmas season has an undetermined beginning (is it July? October? November?) and it also has a hard stop. The end date could be December 25, or another day, but that day is the end. I’m sure I’m not alone with a list of extra things to finish – shopping, wrapping,…

  • Alignment

    When I became a teacher, I needed to dive deeper into my own native tongue so I could teach it to students unfamiliar with English. I began a habit of using a dictionary to gain word knowledge and encouraged my students to do the same as they were learning new words. The definition of alignment…

  • Mystical Body

    There is something about going to church. I experienced this last night, in the middle of the week.  I knew there was an advent service being held.  Advent is not new to me, in fact, it comes up every year.  The songs, readings, and homilies all have a familiar theme, around the events leading up…

  • Christmas Expectations

    The way we celebrate the holidays. Just that thought, alone, probably jogged your brain into countless memories of Christmas past.  Everybody has them.  Ready or not, the Christmas mode rolls around the day after thanksgiving.  It feels a little forced.  Dust off the ornaments in the basement.  Pull out the lights.  Balsam. Berries.  Red and…