An annual ‘best of’ my reading year post has become a tradition for me since 2017 (2017-18, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022). I read some unbelievably great books in 2023, so without further ado. let’s get to the books! (Note, this was originally published on my bookish blog yesterday.) 15. Talking at Night, by Claire Daverley … Continue reading Top 15 Reads of 2023
[Note: Some churches (including my own) replace the readings for Christmas 1 with those for Epiphany, but I’m not ready to leave Christmas behind just yet — Epiphany isn’t for another six days! — so I’m sticking with the Christmas 1 readings. If you’d like an Epiphany-focused reflection today, feel free to check out here … Continue reading Turning Point: A Reflection on Luke 2.22-41
This is my annual post encouraging readers to be intentional about ending the year, and starting the new one, as well as possible. Every year, I spend my morning quiet time in the days between Christmas and New Years treating the process of looking back at the year that was and ahead to the year … Continue reading Year-End Practices, Again!
The message of Christmas is that God is with us -- all of us.
[Note: This post was originally published December 24, 2020.] The holiday season is in many ways a season of choices: Which gifts to buy, which charities to give to, which cookies to make and what to serve for the feast, and — in a normal year, at least — which invitations to accept and which … Continue reading Here I Am: A Reflection for Advent 4 (Repost)
Matthew Root 