Mockingbird Monday Reflections: Atticus Reminds us to Simply Be Grateful

One of my least favorite conventions of the holiday season is the struggle to make sure gifting among family members and friends is commensurate. You don’t want to give Aunt Suzy a $5 gift card only to arrive on Christmas Day and find that she spent $50 to buy you a new juicer! We always […]

Thoughts for the Weekend: An Advent Meditation from A Christmas Carol

I have been so thrilled to be able to read A Christmas Carol with my oldest son this year. Few writers seem so on the mark about the gospel with both their words and actions. I am always taken with the power of this Christmas story. Charles Dickens speaks truths about the Christian faith into […]

Snowfalls, Red Crayons, and the habit of Passion

The snow is falling early and often here in southern Ohio. Most years we never see it before Christmas; this year it is being delivered in bunches. Nothing transforms the local winter landscape of dead leaves littering brown lawns, barren grey trees, and sunless skies like a good thick sparkling white layer of snow. It […]