December 2022

Are you part of the INN crowd, or are you part of the STABLE few?

Christmas "prep" is all about clearing space in our hearts 💕 for God's love: "Clear the road! Prepare the way! [for] The Son-King, Jesus" p. 126 Unwrapping the Greatest Gift by Ann Voskamp

"Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men." ~ Goethe

Finding so much joy in the 

Genealogy - by request...

Habakkuk shouted it from the top of the watchtower:

 "I will trust You, God, and I will watch, and I will wait.  I will find joy, make joy, take joy, see joy! Rejoice and re-joys again!" p. 117 Unwrapping the Greatest Gift by Ann Voskamp

John Elizabeth Law Malaghan obituary (click here)

Ken organized and inspired this

LawLaPalooza "Christmas Edition" 😀

Mourning the passing of Aunt Joan by diving into genealogy and found "Top 5 Sons for Mourning" on YouTube which includes this one I'd never heard: "Brokendown Palace" lyrics here

Nothing Special: The Mostly True, Sometimes Funny Tales of Two Sisters by Dianne Bilyak

"Once Upon a Moonflower by Pamela Zagarenski

Paul's Pasta with Mom

"Quick, up to the top of the watchtower- and count all the everyday gifts!" p. 118

Reading: Ann Voskamp Unwrapping the Greatest Gift

Stonington Point

Trees in winter

Valerie Lorimer Contemporary Arts

“What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves? This is the most important of all voyages of discovery, and without it, all the rest are not only useless, but disastrous.” ~ Thomas Merton

Xerxes and the story of Esther... for such a time as this "Use the life you've been given to give to others."  p. 111 Unwrapping the Greatest Gift by Ann Voskamp

Zagarenski art show at Lyman Allen Art Museum