based on Deuteronomy 26:1-11 Faithful God, this is a week to express words of thanks. And so, here are some words of thanks. Here are words of thanks for all that we consider blessings: love, health, safety, support, food on our tables, warmth, and so much more. Here are words of thanks for the waysContinue reading “A Prayer with a Basket”
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Four Weeks Book Excerpt: Scent
Below is an excerpt from my new Advent ebook, Four Weeks: Reflections for Advent. When I began seminary, I bought a pine forest-scented candle for my apartment. That summer I had discovered how watching a burning flame had the power to quiet my soul and help center my attention on my own thoughts. Candles haveContinue reading “Four Weeks Book Excerpt: Scent”
Four Weeks Book Excerpt: Lights
Below is an excerpt from my new Advent ebook, Four Weeks: Reflections for Advent. In my elementary school years, we lived in a parsonage out in the country, surrounded by corn and tarred gravel roads. Our nearest neighbors lived a half mile away, and other than the church there wasn’t a whole lot of reasonContinue reading “Four Weeks Book Excerpt: Lights”
Jeffrey A. Nelson 