When Christmas is not easy

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…

Tradition, marking the seasons, and Luciabrød

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…

tomorrow is a new day

It’s late Tuesday evening as I write this and it’s just kinda been one of those days. Luxembourg felt like it was located directly in the middle of a big grey cloud all day, and my mood was right there with it. The day didn’t go as I’d planned it in the morning, full of…

Here.

Funny how a place can become so meaningful because of the many memories enclosed in its walls. Here is where I got to know my future husband and fell in love with him. Here is where we chatted over the washing up long after the rest of our friends had gone home. Here is where…

On living simply (and simply living)

I am allergic to money. You may not know this about me, but if you give me any significant amount of money (like, over €57.60) I may start to hyperventilate. It’s not that I don’t like having money or appreciate the many good things it can buy me, but the quickest way to see me…

last week

My head as been a bit in the clouds this week, which might explain my entirely forgetting to post anything here on Monday. It’s our last week in Brussels, and that takes a big of getting used to, just when you don’t really have any extra time to get used to it. Yesterday afternoon I…