When I saw The Greatest Showman with my husband and father-in-law the week after Christmas, I sat in the movie theater and cried. It was probably partly the state of my heart right then, and lingering emotion from our own theatrical production of The Promise a few weeks earlier. But the story just captured me […]
Allen Arnold, Storytelling, The Greatest Showman
Last week, I sat in a darkened church and saw a story live and breathe on stage…the story of Immanuel. I saw a young girl, unsure about being betrothed to a man she knew little, have her world turned upside down when one of God’s heavenly warriors showed up in her little home in Nazareth, […]
Christmas musical, Michael Card, The Promise
“Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.” ~John 13:1 John I don’t understand, Lord. Since supper started, things haven’t been […]
Holy Week, Maundy Thursday
We stood around our students, we teacher-chaperones, our arms outstretched over them. Together we prayed, aloud and all at once, as believers in Korean churches often do. And amid sniffles from the students and tears pricking my own eyes, I felt the presence of Jesus there, covering us, surrounding us. Have you […]
Come and See, Michael Card
A bit of a 3rd day of Christmas gift for you, friends…thank you for joining me in some of these snippets from the Journey to Bethlehem yet again, and Merry Christmas! Joy to our dark and troubled world…our Lord is come. “How silently, how silently The wondrous gift is given So God imparts to […]
Christmas, Jesus, Journy to Bethlehem
A few weeks ago one of my students asked me, “Mrs. Giron [both they and I were still getting used to that name], are you a Who-Lockian?” “A what?” I asked. “A Who-Lockian. A fan of Dr. Who and Sherlock.” “Oh,” I said. “Well, I guess thanks to my husband, I’m […]
Dr. Who, Screwtape Letters, Sherlock
England has been on my mind a lot lately—partly because my husband and I love British TV shows (really, I do like Downton Abbey and Dr. Who and Call the Midwife and Sherlock way better than most American shows I’ve seen!). And partly because my sister is going to get to study abroad at […]
Kyrie Eleison, Trisagion
I have married into a Star Wars family. My beloved new husband, Anthony (yes, I’ll post some wedding pictures soon!), grew up on the Star Wars movies and delved into the novels as a teenager. His mom loved Ewoks, and his younger brother’s alternate moniker is Vader (though he’s an extremely good-natured guy). […]
Godspell, spiritual warfare, Star Wars
As we celebrate our Lord’s resurrection today, I thought I’d share the last installment from the “Journey to Jerusalem” series posted in years past. Happy Easter, dear friends–He is risen! He is risen indeed. May that truth and hope fill your hearts today. “Therefore you too have grief now, but I will see you […]
The sermon series at church lately has been on, “How do we love?” Each week, the speakers have focused on loving a different group of people. When the focus has been on marriage and singleness, a couple of points especially stuck out to me. Marriage is good. Singleness is also good. Marriage […]
Enough by Jeremy Camp
