everchanging view

one part of my job at Lake Forest Church during this season of Advent has been to write our Advent readings and prayers.   here's what we read and prayed together this morning. ONE: today is the third Sunday in Advent and we celebrate JOY. yet, how can we celebrate Joy when there is so much sorrow, evil,

a few years ago i stumbled across a book that has rocked my world repeatedly, challenging me and my various whacked points of view: listening to your life by frederick buechner. the reading for monday was this: 'what if anything have you and i done to battle against the great darkness of things? as parents and the children