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Come On Over to the Dark Side of Christmas

Dec 21, 2018 | Personal Blog

I probably shouldn’t admit this, but lately I live for the moment each day when I turn down my street and see my neighbor’s inflatable Santa face down in the grass, his pack crumpled as if he’s been robbed, his legs twisted as if a rogue reindeer...

A Christmas Letter from Bethlehem

Dec 9, 2018 | Personal Blog

Written your Christmas letter yet? I’ve written one this year- the first in at least 20 years or so, but it’s not really from me this time around. A month or so ago, my minister friend and colleague Matt asked a few of us to write holiday letters as if we...

What the World Needs Now Is…a Porta Potty?

Dec 7, 2018 | Personal Blog

If you’re a Facebook friend of mine, you’ve heard all about the Porta Potty in my driveway. We’ve been having some work done on our house, so they moved it in about a month ago. My friends gave me lots of fun suggestions about how to decorate it for...

Christmas from the Gospel According to Mrs. Fayssoux’s Class of Fives

Dec 23, 2017 | Personal Blog

You probably know all about the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, and the Christmas story they tell. Allow me to introduce you to a brand new gospel, and it really is good news for us all! It’s the Gospel According to Mrs. Fayssoux’s Class of Five...

Merry Christmas from the Darkness

Dec 24, 2016 | Personal Blog

Do you ever feel like darkness is following you around like a shadow, hovering close? I have felt like that this season. It’s not that I’m depressed or Grinch-y or needing a jolt of coffee or a sleigh ride in a red dress under sparkly Christmas lights to...