Waiting

Christmas Eve

Jack Hardaway ] Prison is a dark place. Crowded and lonely. Heavy with waiting. John the Baptist, was in prison, he upset the wrong people. Matthew’s Gospel has the story John woven through out. John’s story starts off with the exhilaration of announcing the arrival of the Messiah, baptizing him, the sky opens, John is […]

Waiting

Waiting is a holy thing. Which is not how I normally experience it. Waiting is a lot of things, but holy isn’t the word I would use to describe it. Waiting is holy. So much of life is waiting. I was thinking about that the other night when I was caught behind someone who was […]

Grace Under the Table

Under the table. Have you ever found yourself under the table? What does it look like? Petrified bubble gum? Usually we are at the table. But under the table, that is something else. It means several things, it means being sneaky, or being passed out, or being left out, or on the edge, unnoticed, out […]