JourneyWise Advent Resources 2025
This year, I have been slowly and steadily making my way through the Old Testament in my morning readings. I recently read the account of Solomon and the building of the temple. Though I have read this story many times before, this time, a part of the passage jumped...
JourneyWise Advent Resources 2024
The other day, I was at Costco, headed to the paper towels, when I overheard a conversation that caught my attention. I casually pulled my buggy up to the children’s book area to see what the commotion was about. “A Bluey advent calendar!!! We have to have...
Advent: The Gift of the Unexpected
I love Christmas because it is about surprises! We sneak around and buy gifts, then we wrap them and place them under our Christmas trees. There is still a little kid in most of us. Have you ever gotten one of those gifts that totally caught you off guard? Have you ever given a gift that you could hardly keep secret because you knew the person opening it would be so surprised? There is so much joy in watching someone receive a gift they never expected.
