We had our first snowfall of the season in Nashville this past Sunday. That’s early for us. It was beautiful – one of my favorite kind of days. From my studio window I looked up and the sun was illuminating this icicle hanging from the eave – a beautiful little sculpture that was formed for …
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What if the wisemen had been so distracted with busy schedules and agendas that they didn’t even look up to see the star? They would have missed all that God had to show them and forfeited the opportunity of being used in a way that would affect the lives of generations to come. May you …
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When my oldest daughter was in third grade, she was given an assignment during creative writing class to write about heaven. The teacher provided the first line but she was to create the rest. How refreshing it is to see something so beautiful through the eyes of a child. So innocent. So pure. The paper …
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This may not look like much, but it is one of my favorite Christmas gifts ever. My wife gave it to me several years ago. Who would think I could receive so much joy and peace from such a simple, “not necessarily attractive”, object? This speaker sits on the windowsill in my studio and there …
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My tummy is still full from Thanksgiving overindulgence. The pumpkins have been thrown in the field to decompose. The fresh tree is standing in the foyer. And Handel’s Messiah is at full volume in my studio. It is officially the Christmas season! May we enter it with a grateful heart.
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It is very easy to go into this holiday season with high anxiety and fear, forgetting that the very words the angel spoke to Mary were “Fear Not”. But things can start moving so fast and seem so much that it feels like everything is going to fall out from under us. How can we …
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I am embarking on a new adventure. For most it is as common and natural as showering and putting on clean underwear. I am happy to do that on a daily basis but this takes me way outside my comfort zone. The world of SOCIAL NETWORKING. For one who is content quietly tucked away in …
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