Dec 6, 2022 | 30 Days of Joy
It’s one of those comments that has stayed with me for years, a tiny little exchange that found its way to my heart and lodged there, whispering, coaxing, reminding me whenever I’ve needed reminding. It’s surfaced time and again this holiday season,...
Dec 3, 2022 | 30 Days of Joy
Our Christmas tree this year is a wild one, harvested from our western NC mountain property. This is a decision one makes knowing charm rather than perfection is the order of the day. We’re a-okay with this, Tim and I, in theory. But then you start to decorate...
Dec 1, 2022 | 30 Days of Joy
We woke up this morning to an early dark, punctuated by lightning and its accompanying distant thunder. I heard the rain; the rat-a-tat as it hit the roof felt cozy, delicious. I rolled to my side, pulled the covers to my chin and just as I did, Tim got up and made...
Nov 28, 2022 | 30 Days of Joy
Way back in 2011, the writer and pastor Winn Collier offered an invitation to join him in looking for light during Advent. I loved the idea, and I accepted the challenge, and the exercise so richly deepened my experience of the holy season I have continued it every...
Nov 25, 2022 | 30 Days of Joy
We had literally cooked all day, this being rather a joy in my mountain kitchen, the giant picture windows providing a grand view of the Black Mountains even as I chopped and stirred and whisked. Thanksgiving dinner was to be served 6:30ish, giving plenty of time for...
