Daily Connector | Knitting together a gift of love | Nancy Frank
This year I knit the newest Christmas stocking for our family. With our son’s engagement to be married to a lovely woman named Ikuko, I set to work to add her personalized stocking to the mantle. These bright green stockings with each person’s name stitched in red were originally created…
What’s in your frame?
I’m guessing most, all? of us have watched more films this year than past years. The pandemic came at a time when just about any show ever made can be streamed into our homes. I love how films can open up whole new worlds to us, but I’m also interested…
Mary’s power
This coming Sunday belongs to Mary, the mother of Jesus, the peasant girl, the God-bearer. Mary’s partnership with God is what makes Advent possible. In this, she is a model for all of us. The angel comes, at some unexpected time, and gives an invitation into risk, the unknown, sacrifice,…
Enjoyment
Why do we enjoy some things and not others? I don’t know. Why do I enjoy building things, playing strategy games, and washing dishes, but don’t particularly enjoy planning out a garden, craft-making, or cooking? Why do I enjoy listening to others play guitar but struggle to find enjoyment in…
Optimism and Hope
I recently finished the book Caring for Souls in a Neoliberal Age by Bruce Rogers-Vaughn. It is aimed specifically at pastors and others in caring professions, but I would highly recommend it to anyone interested in exploring the ways that neoliberal capitalism negatively affects our social, interpersonal, and psychological health…
