“Since ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.” – Isaiah 64:4 I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait for the LORD;…
Today is Winter Solstice, the shortest day and the longest night of the year. From this point forward, the sun rises for longer every day – definitely something worth celebrating! It’s traditional to celebrate with a meal of seasonal food, decorating the house with evergreen plants to remind you that the world outside is not…
The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day…
Tomorrow morning we pack up the car and drive the 550 miles to my parents’ home in England for Christmas. I’m so excited to see them and my sister and a lot of wonderful old friends. So I’m signing off from blogging until we get back to Luxembourg next week, so that I can focus…
We went to church in the falling snow, ate leftovers from our julefrokost meal for lunch, put our warmest clothes on and headed out into the countryside discovering a huge nature reserve forest just 2km from our city apartment, greeting the horses standing in frozen fields, waving to cars on the bridge over the motorway,…
I really love tradition. The idea of doing something that people have been doing for years, for generations, for decades is incredibly inspiring to me. I feel that way about the ritual and tradition of the church I grew up in. As a child I didn’t get it really, thought it was dull, repetitious in…
