Christmas
Christmas for Solstice
December 21, 2017
What I do hope with all my heart, is that you experience love, light, and connection this season, through some ritual or practice, as a reminder of your identity, value, and meaning as a human.
I'm not doing Advent this year
December 12, 2017
We long for a rescue, for the arrival, but what if that reality is already here? What if the rescue is knowing God, not outside of the shitty stable, but right in it? Not in the resolution of the hard thing, but in the experience of it?
All the time there is
January 16, 2017
The New Year as a time to start fresh, get life in order, whatever else you hoped to achieve, is an arbitrary date.
Christmas Stories: Celebrations
December 30, 2016
It was an eight day trip: two very full driving days and six days with family. My brother's family, my parents, and our family - the Toews/Tougas clan were all together for a few days.
Christmas Stories: Sanctuary
December 24, 2016
The physical space that my parents have christened Sanctuary is the outward expression of their hearts.
Christmas Stories: First Day of Skiing
December 16, 2016
Things change over the years. Skiing together is something we've managed to hold on to, though it too has evolved.
Christmas Stories: The Dairy Queen sells Christmas Trees
December 10, 2016
In the month of December our local Dairy Queen is converted into a Christmas tree sales lot.
