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Toward Bethlehem, Part 6

December 24, 2011 / Kiersti Giron / scripture, seasons, story, Toward Bethlehem, trust
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Yet in thy dark streets shineth The everlasting lightThe hopes and fears of all the yearsAre met in thee tonight… Mary So much waiting, and now everything is happening too fast. Dusty sandals hurry past me as I huddle in the street corner. Joseph settled me here when I could walk no farther, while he […]

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Toward Bethlehem, Part 4

December 17, 2011 / Kiersti Giron / faith, scripture, seasons, story, Toward Bethlehem
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Come, Thou long-expected JesusBorn to set Thy people freeFrom our fears and sins release usLet us find our rest in Thee… Joseph Evening light glints on the soldiers’ helmets as they disappear in a cloud of dust. I stare after them. Lord, if I’d known you meant literally for the Messiah to be born in […]

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Advent Squared

December 14, 2011 / Kiersti Giron / scripture, seasons, waiting
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I’ve loved Advent as long as I can remember. When I was a little girl, the flickering flame of the first candle on the Advent wreath was enough to float me onto a cloud of Christmas wonder for the rest of the season. As I’ve grown older, I’ve learned that this “Christmas spirit” isn’t automatic […]

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Toward Bethlehem, Part 3

December 11, 2011 / Kiersti Giron / scripture, seasons, story, Toward Bethlehem, trust, waiting
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Of the Father’s love begottenEre the worlds began to be,He is Alpha and Omega,He the Source, the Ending He Mary Joseph came home tired tonight. He tries not to let me see, but I know it wears on him, the talk of Rome and taxes and blood and fear in the marketplace. And he has […]

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The Waiting

November 29, 2011 / Kiersti Giron / faith, scripture, seasons, trust, waiting
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This Sunday evening, the gentle pings of my dad tuning his guitar sounded through the living room. My mom lifted a straw-based wreath circled with pine and red ribbons from its box and set the candles in place, four red and one white. We lit the Prophecy Candle, read from Isaiah, and sang of the […]

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Friday thankfulness…

November 18, 2011 / Kiersti Giron / family, scripture, seasons, trust
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For: A fun family evening watching Chitty Chitty Bang BangReminders that “The LORD is His name” and to “be anxious for nothing.” My critique partners and their wonderful stories, which I get to read in-process. Our kitty feeling better after an upset tummy.Not getting sick…yet. ☺A warm house to live in.Stroganoff for dinner.The music of […]

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Of Blog Posts and Good Intentions

October 26, 2011 / Kiersti Giron / growing, scripture
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I apologize, dear blog readers. A few weeks ago I declared my intention to post every Tuesday and Friday…and I have managed that exactly once. Every Tuesday has been more like it, and this week I didn’t even manage that. I could make excuses about the general craziness of my family’s life lately, but I […]

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