Advent Musings Week 1
Hello Out There!! It has been well over a year since I've contributed anything to this blog, as I originally used it to post sermons and random musings. Of course, very little stays the same and as we begin the season of Advent, or the four weeks preceding Christmas, there's no time like now to start writing again. Some of the inspiration to do so is one of my aunts in Wisconsin who has been writing a monthly essay for her church's newsletter about life and faith, and is oftentimes thought-provoking. When I was in the last semester of seminary, during the season of Lent, I fasted from social media and wrote some reflections in this blog, so this Advent, I am taking a fast from Facebook and hoping to write a musing each week of Advent, and perhaps beyond. I have to admit the holidays are always a mixed bag for me, as I have had a love-hate-love relationship with them. Having grown up around the grocery business and working nine years in it myself, the time from Hallowe