December 4 Advent Devotion Written by Logan Lloyd

Luke 1:68-79; Malachi 3:13-18; Philippians 18b-26

December 3 Advent Devotion Written by Shirley Flynn

Luke 1:68-79; Malachi 3:5-12; Philippians 1:12-18a

December 2 Advent Devotion Written by Bill Martin

Psalm 90; Isaiah 1:24-31; Luke 11:29-32

December 1 Advent Devotion written by Sara Herrington Jones

Amos 3:1-11; Psalm 85:1-13; II Peter 1:12-21; Matthew 21:12-22

November 30 Advent Devotion written by Jane Howell

Psalm 90; Numbers 17:1-11; 2 Peter 3:1-18

November 29 Advent Devotion written by Isaac Scott

Jeremiah 33:14-16; Psalm 25:1-10; I Thessalonians 3:9-13; Luke 22:25-36 

Practice Peace, The True Gift of Christmas

In a religious culture thousands of miles wide and one milliliter deep, it's time to re-discover the true Jesus and his message of peace.

Raleigh's Playlist - O Magnum Mysterium

I have been looking forward to this addition to Raleigh’s Playlist since the whole idea of staff blogs began. The piece I am sharing is a beautiful setting of one of the most lovely and ancient Latin texts for Advent. This setting is by Morton Lauridsen, an American composer born in 1943.

Cultivating Digital Health

            In eighth grade a friend invited me over to his house so I could see this new thing he got called AOL. In that moment, my life was plugged in. Since then the internet and digital advancements are astounding. Years ago we used rotary phones, then touch tone, cordless, and now we live in a world that makes it possible to video chat with the other side of the world from the palm of our hands.

The Spiral of Grief

When we moved to Lexington in 2011, I was secretly grieving.  It should have been a joyous time and for the most part, it was.  My husband had just got a new job and we had purchased our first home.  We loaded up our two kids, packed up our lives and headed East.