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Second Friday of Advent

Originally posted Tuesday, June 18, 2013 – SUMMERTIME

Laying on my back at the dentist office while the hygienist prepared her tools to clean my teeth, the music coming over the sound system prompted me to sit up and ask, “Is that ‘God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,’ I’m hearing?” The hygienist stopped her work, listened, and sighed, “Yes, the system keeps switching to Christmas.” She left the room for a moment and by the time she returned I was hearing the usual, ordinary, nondescript light jazz.

Continue reading “Not So Ordinary Time”

Second Thursday of Advent

From Wilshire Advent Devotions 2017

There we were, faces red, nose-to-nose:

“They haven’t tested the soil and I know it’s contaminated,” he said.

“Yes they have. He showed us the 500-page report,” I answered.

“And I’m going to read it.”

“Then read it and see for yourself and quit saying they haven’t done it.”

If I wasn’t shouting those last words, I was at least talking in a sharp staccato that anyone nearby could have heard. But few people were listening because most were leaving the meeting. They’d had enough.

Continue reading “Be Still and Listen”

Second Wednesday of Advent

Originally posted Friday, December 11, 2009

I went to a production of Dicken’s “A Christmas Carol” at the Dallas Theater Center. It’s a wonderful presentation of the classic tale with a flawless cast, imaginative set design, musical numbers sparingly used at just the right moments, and heart-pounding special effects. But still, it’s the story and words that touched me most.

Continue reading “Christmas Ghosts”