Day 11 of Advent 2024: Kindness that Actually Matters

I was recently talking to a friend who explained that every single night on her calendar from now until the end of the year was booked. Every. Single. Night. That. Is. Busy. Honestly, when I was her age, my calendar looked exactly the same. Too many commitments, too...

Day 10 of Advent 2024: Living the Dream

Recently, about a week before I was set to fly out of the country, I had a few back-to-back meetings in the evening. By then, I’d long lost my “luster” for the day and was honestly counting down the hours before I could finally crawl into bed. The meeting was with...

Day 9 of Advent 2024: Delightful and Permanent vs Temporary

What makes you happy? Getting a promotion at work? Nailing a big project? Scoring the best sale of the holiday shopping season? Happiness often feels like a fleeting visitor, doesn’t it? It comes and goes with the highs and lows of life. It lives on the surface, tied...

Day 8 of Advent 2024: Who Gets to Define You?

When Buddy the Elf discovers he’s not truly an elf but a human, his world tilts. The labels he’s carried—elf, toy-maker, Santa’s helper—suddenly feel fragile, like they might crumble under the weight of this new truth. He begins to question everything about his...

Day 7 of Advent 2024: Summary

Day 1:  Advent. A season steeped in anticipation—the kind that leans forward into the unknown, heart open to the possibilities of heaven meeting earth. Advent invites us to trade rigid expectations for the spaciousness of hope, loosening our grip on what...

Day 6 of Advent 2024: Thwarting the Danger of the Spotlight

Maybe you are their Rudolph… Rudolph could have stayed in the spotlight. He had earned his place, hadn’t he? After years of rejection and mockery, he was leading Santa’s sleigh, the hero of Christmas Eve, with the world finally seeing what he’d known all...