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“The angel went to her and said, ‘Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.’”
-Luke 1:28

I’m reminded of how beautiful brown-skinned Middle Eastern Jewish women are main stage in Advent. 

Mary is hai
This guy. We met when we were teenagers. I still don’t really understand time. WHY.

I remember shortly after we met, he invited me to his surprise party in Kreisher Hall at BGSU, complete with cafeteria pecan pie (he usually had a slice every
Thoughts on Advent. ❤️

“Do you see the grittiness of Advent?
In the beginning The God of Dirt
spoke life into soil.
And we began our wrestling 
like Jacob on the ground.
Until there was a blessing.

And The Blessing came rolling up sleeves, 
w
Immanuel. It’s a total Christmas word. You only really hear it during this time of year. And I’ll have you know, for most of my life I had no clue what it meant. 

But it’s the best! ✨

Immanuel means The “With-Us” God.
I grew up passing these silos (stone gray at the time) on the way to my grandma’s house every Sunday night. I miss my Grandma Badik and her famous blueberry cheesecake dessert. My aunts sat on the dark brown couches, laughing and talking all th
I often get a text saying: “YOOOOOO”

Are you familiar? No?

It’s an affectionate phrase teenage boys send their mothers communicating how they are ready to be picked up now from whatever location they are apparently done with. This