As I’ve started 2025, I’ve been thinking a lot about how important it is to lean into and celebrate the things that bring us joy, encouragement, and nourishment of soul and body. And so I thought I’d do a quick wrap up of the things that are lighting me up and lighting the way for … Continue reading What’s Lighting Me Up (January 4, 2025)
An annual ‘best of’ my reading year post has become a tradition here since 2017. Where 2023 was an absolute banner year for my reading life — by the second week of January, I’d already read two books I knew were not just going to be best-of-the-year picks, but new all-time favourites — 2024 was … Continue reading Top 15 Reads of 2024
2024 was an absolute banner year for the blog in terms of readership growth, showing an over 170% increase in page views from 2023. Thanks to all of you who contributed to this remarkable growth! As I like to do every year, I thought I’d take some time at year’s end to look at the … Continue reading Best of the Blog, 2024
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 (Again)!
When I was a kid, my church’s focused time for children on Christmas Eve was always framed as “Baby Jesus’ Birthday Party.” It was always a lot of fun, and probably a good way to wrangle a bunch of excited kids with visions of sugarplums dancing in their heads. But, as I grew older, I … Continue reading Unto Us A Child is Born: A Reflection for Christmas 2024
Matthew Root 