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2018 Advent Series – Day 21 I love Christmas. But Christmas also makes me uncomfortable. The presents make me uncomfortable. The giving and receiving of presents, both/and. I haven’t yet worked out my feelings for stuff: Is it good? Does God intend for us to enjoy ourselves at Christmas? How […]

Day 21 – Embarrassed by Blessing

18 Dec, 2018 in Advent tagged advent / Christmas / Generosity / Gifts / Home / Jesus by Tilly Dillehay

2018 Advent Series – Day 12 To spend time in any part of Isaiah during the Christmas season is to eventually find ourselves meditating on verses that are sweet and familiar to our souls. Jesus is here. The hints of him whisper and shout from between passages that describe wrecked […]

Day 12 – We’ve Seen a Great Light

12 Dec, 2018 in Advent tagged advent / Christmas / Isaiah / Jesus by Tilly Dillehay

Of course being a child at Christmas is something you’ll never get back. The particular sleeplessness of the night before is what I always remember most clearly about childhood Christmases. I was always in a bed with my older sister Sophie. We were the keepers of Christmas—old enough to be […]

Christmas, Car Wrecks, and That Surreal Feeling

23 Dec, 2017 in Christian living / Worldview tagged childbirth / Christmas / heaven / Jesus / wonder by Tilly Dillehay