I’m not sure what it is about Lent that makes me feel like writing. I suppose it’s the encouragement to reflect, repent, reset. Sort of like New Year’s Day and my birthday, Lent feels like an opportunity for new beginnings. Which (ironically?) makes me want to revisit the past. And look to the future, of…
Author: Amy
I am a writer, editor, typewriter enthusiast, and believer in the power of God to transform everything. I serve as senior editor for CCO Campus Ministry (@CCOMinistry).
Auld Lang Syne
Six years ago today, I was kicking up my heels at an honest-to-goodness castle in County Sligo, Ireland, celebrating the wedding of one of my best friends from college. C, an Irish Italian gal born and raised in Long Island, New York, married the handsome Irishman she met when she and her mother were visiting…
The work of Christmas
When the song of the angels is stilled, When the star in the sky is gone, When the kings and the princes are home, When the shepherds are back with their flocks, The work of Christmas begins: To find the lost, To heal the broken, To feed the hungry, To release the prisoner, To rebuild…
Holiday musings
Clearly, the structure of a full November of daily blogging reaped more satisfactory results than this laissez-faire thing I’ve been doing—or not doing—in December. YouTube videos and Christmas carol lyrics aside, I now realize that I have only published one “original” blog entry since November 30. Yikes. Christmas festivities, such as they were, have come…
Yea, Lord, we greet Thee, born this happy morning
O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant, O come ye, O come ye, to Bethlehem. Come and behold Him, born the King of angels; O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord. True God of true God, Light from Light Eternal,…
Fa la la la la
Are you a fan of the baby Jesus and The Brady Bunch? (Honestly, who isn’t?) I just had to share. This audio clip truly is worth 9 minutes and 45 seconds of your time, especially if you’re looking for a chuckle. Or a groan. You’re welcome. 🙂
Planning
When I was clearing out a file drawer recently I came across a thick file labeled “Planning.” The very fact that we made files labeled “Planning” suggests how little of it we did. We also had “planning meetings,” which consisted of sitting down with legal pads, stating the day’s problem out loud, and then, with…
The Importance of Being Amy
Have you seen the TV show Being Erica? It’s a Canadian series, and in the U.S., it’s been broadcast on ABC’s Soapnet. The third season was just aired in Canada, apparently, so in January, it comes to the States. Woohoo! Here’s what happens early in the pilot episode: Erica Strange, a single woman in her…
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