Advent is for the ones who know longing

Sometimes the only thing left to do is simply hold on to each other and dance in the darkness, waiting for the light.

Hi friends,

On that particular Sunday, my two then-little nieces were performing in their church Christmas pageant. I love to watch Christmas pageants and so few churches do them anymore (for good reason: that amount of work is no joke). One little red-haired lamb and one tentative angel with tinsel-trimmed wings stole the show for me. But our littlest g…