by Abigail Alleman | Dec 17, 2014 | Advent, Hope, What Story Teaches Us
This is the second post in a series What Story Teaches Us. In the first post I talked about how we learn to see. In this post I expand on the idea of seeing, where we learn to behold.They stomp on short and shorter limbs in a row of nativity. One. Two. Three. Four....
by Abigail Alleman | Nov 30, 2012 | Advent, Beauty, Family, Hope, The Journey, Writing
I hold you close and tight against my heart, my soul. My new, brave little wonder. Your journey in coming into the world began on the other side of the ocean. And ended in a new land, new home, on this side of the ocean. And we choose the brave thing, this bringing...
by Abigail Alleman | Dec 15, 2011 | Advent, Faith, Hope, Our Story, Walk with Him Wednesday
ad·vent n. 1. The coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important… Pursuing the diamond in the ruff, the needle in the haystack, the pearl of great price. Learning what it is to seek first the Kingdom when it is upside down and covered in the gray....
by Abigail Alleman | Dec 22, 2010 | Advent, Gospel, Walk with Him Wednesday
I am going to spend the four Wednesdays of Advent integrating thoughts on this season of preparation with meditations from The Green Letters: Principles of Spiritual Growth A Clarion Classic by Miles J. Stanford (you might want to get “The Complete Green...
by Abigail Alleman | Dec 15, 2010 | Abba Heart, Advent, Gospel, Reflections, Walk with Him Wednesday
I am going to spend the four Wednesdays of Advent integrating thoughts on this season of preparation with meditations from The Green Letters: Principles of Spiritual Growth A Clarion Classic by Miles J. Stanford (you might want to get “The Complete Green...
by Abigail Alleman | Dec 13, 2010 | Advent, Gratitude, Reflections, The Journey
Once upon a Christmas a fluffy footed sleeper girl stumbled down stairs in the wee morning hours with her fellow fluffy footed twin and hugged newly filled stockings, having been given maternal permission to examine contents. A toothbrush. How...
