Advent Day 21:  Does your timing seem off? One of the most difficult things about the holiday season is wanting to do it all, but not having enough time to do it in. This is particularly appropriate for those of us with chronic pain and illness. One bad day during Advent, and the whole…

Advent Day 20: Are your plans falling apart? Does this seem familiar?  Just as we’re getting down to the last weekend before Christmas, plans are unravelling. A flight is cancelled and you have to spend the night on the floor in an airport. Someone in the house is ill, and then someone else and someone…

Advent Day 19: What do you really want? As the days move swiftly to Christmas, we might get caught up in the undeniably enticing world of gift-giving and gift-getting. Whether at a gift swap at church or between two family members or friends, giving and receiving has become integral to this time of year. Someone…

  Advent Day 18:  What’s stirring within? You’ve been working so hard for almost three weeks. Preparations for Christmas. Perhaps, travel. Visits with family and friends. Work. School. Health. And Advent. Many of your activities have been external, and you’ve been looking ahead to each event, each occasion and, especially, to Christmas. But, also, during…

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