Jeffrey A. Nelson

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Third Week of Advent: Bing

Previously: Restart, Frankentree As I write this, my son is in the other room at his computer singing “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” over and over again. He must be listening to it on headphones as he does it. And it’s clearly the Bing Crosby version, because he’s doing his very best…

spirituality

Second Week of Advent: Frankentree

Previously: Restart Shortly after we moved into our current house, we decided that we needed a new Christmas tree. Our previous tree was beginning to show wear and look pretty thin, so we assessed our options for a replacement. As we did so, my wife suggested that we get a pre-lit tree, one that came…

Church/Ministry

First Week of Advent: Restart

My longtime practice for this Advent series has been to choose a single word to title and distinguish each entry, to give it some unique identifier that gives a hint of what readers will find within. I even go so far as to not repeat the use of any word in future years, so that…

writing

No Perfect Time Excerpt: Worst Thanksgiving Ever

Below is an excerpt from my book, No Perfect Time: Brief Essays on Life and Faith. This is the story of the Worst Thanksgiving Ever…at least as my wife and I remember it. There are many Thanksgivings that are probably worse than this, but at least as our Thanksgivings go, this one was The Worst.…

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Rev. Jeffrey Nelson is a UCC minister and author.

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