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What Are You Waiting For? (No, Really!)

Advent is upon on us, and it’s a time of waiting with holy expectation. 

Sometimes it feels like so much of our lives are spent waiting. Waiting to graduate. Waiting to land another job. Waiting to meet the one. Waiting to become pregnant. Waiting for an empty nest (so that bedroom can become your personal room). Waiting for retirement. Waiting for different circumstances. Waiting for this ridiculous pandemic to end.  

We drum our fingers. Twiddle our thumbs. Play with our hair. Pace. Or if you’re like me, make that loud exhaling sound. Hummmhhhh.

How to Survive Your Season of Waiting

Waiting has never been a popular activity. Perhaps that’s why we share a tendency to avoid waiting at every turn. I crane my neck to count the number of people ahead of me in line. I check my phone every few seconds for a response. I press refresh on the internet page...

Sometimes We Ask What and Why Too Early

“Were you angry with God over the cancer?” the radio host pressed. Silence hung in the air. Blurt. That’s what I longed to do. Blurt about how much I wanted to be angry, about how anger would have been so freeing and refreshing. When properly expressed, anger is a...