The other day I learned about “Green Monday”. Green Monday is the 3rd Monday in December, which is now being added to the list of celebrated retail holy days like “Black Friday” and “Cyber Monday”. Green Monday’s specificity is that it is the last day to reliably order an online gift that will show up…

Every mother is different, but I remember the relief that came over my wife, Liz, when each of our children moved into the “weaned” stage. This was the point when each of the kids didn’t need her body for sustenance anymore, but just for her loving presence with them. That is the moment that David…

This past Sunday we started off our “Ugly Christmas, Beautiful Christ” sermon series that will run during Advent and Christmas here at University Lutheran. One of the reasons that I chose this as the theme for our Advent and Christmas series is that it IS going to be an ugly Christmas in lots of ways…