Commentary: When Michael asked me to write something about Advent, I had to ponder the task a bit. I was raised a Southern Baptist, and Advent was not part of our Christmas preparation. (Well, of course it was part of it, but the word was not mentioned.) I decided to write from the point of …
Category Archive: Advent Voices 2011
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Dec
15
2011
Advent and Crossing the Rubicon
“We have crossed the Rubicon with this disease.” Those were the words emailed to me by my daughter’s doctor at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center. He was responding to my latest round of questions as we approached Erin’s stem cell transplant date. We had known since Erin’s diagnosis at age 15 that, …
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Dec
14
2011
Stepping High. Stepping Out.
This Advent, my family has chosen to enter into Covenant with Central. The steps that led us here have not been predictable . . . Someone once told me that our children do not belong to us, their parents. We are simply there to help them emerge. During Advent, I wonder what it was like …
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