Back at the beginning of Transitions by The Book, almost twelve years ago, I kept experimenting with a formula that would be predictable and consistent from post to post. I finally decided that each post would contain a story, followed…
Embracing Change Through Faith
This morning, many Christian churches across the land lit the third candle of the Advent season- the Joy candle, also referred to as the Shepherd’s Candle. As you may recall, in most churches this is the pink candle as opposed…
Have you ever seen that carnival game where you are given a mallet and various items pop up from different holes and the object is to beat them back down into the base of the game? There is even a…
Today, we celebrate the second Sunday of the Advent season. As we walked into church this morning, the candle of hope, from the first week of Advent, was already lit. It’s wasn’t too far into the service when a family…
We recently started the season of Advent – last Sunday, in fact. The season of Advent is the beginning of the new liturgical year – the time that we celebrate the upcoming birth of Jesus and His entrance into the…