“The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned. You have enlarged the nation and increased their joy; they rejoice before you as people rejoice at the harvest, as warriors rejoice when dividing the plunder. For as in the day of Midian’s defeat, you have shattered the yoke that burdens them, the barContinueContinue reading “Advent Day Two: Isaiah 9:2-7”
Author Archives: Sarah M. Wells
Advent Day One: John 1:1-5
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shinesContinueContinue reading “Advent Day One: John 1:1-5”
December Is for Crafting
Warning: I’m going to get all Pinterest-y up in here, so beware, this place just turned into Hobby Lobby.Which happens to be where I bought all of my fun supplies. A little known side effect to consuming turkey is that it triggers the release of craft-y-mone (a recently discovered hormone), which is why Hobby LobbyContinueContinue reading “December Is for Crafting”
The Cloak of Obligation
It’s nearly December, and in spite of putting up my Christmas tree two weeks ago, hanging stockings, listening to Christmas Jazz on Pandora Radio at work all day, and ordering a few Christmas presents online, I’m just not feeling it yet. Four days from now, I’m supposed to begin our countdown to Christmas and IContinueContinue reading “The Cloak of Obligation”
Damaged Goods
Let’s talk about sex. Ba-by. My Kindle essay, “The Valley of Achor,” is about obsession, infatuation, and love. It is about sex and faith and God and mercy and redemption. I have thought so much about these things ever since I prayed at 18 that whatever was causing my period to be two weeks late wouldContinueContinue reading “Damaged Goods”
Bad People Go to Hell and Other Parental Panic Moments
My lovely blue-eyed seven-year-old daughter giggled. “Bad people go to the devil when they die,” and my charming bow-tie and button-down-shirt wearing son giggled, too, “Yeah, but we’re going to heaven because of JESUS.” I stuttered and stammered, “Well, it’s true that Jesus saves us,” I said, “but I’m not sure about the devil. It’dContinueContinue reading “Bad People Go to Hell and Other Parental Panic Moments”
Right Where I Need To Be
A few weeks ago, after Brandon and I returned from celebrating our tenth anniversary, I looked ahead at our calendar for October. There were a lot of commitments that required a lot of babysitters, which translated to many nights and weekends away from the kids (and several hundred dollars in childcare and travel expenses). IContinueContinue reading “Right Where I Need To Be”
The Florist’s Daughter by Patricia Hampl
The Florist’s Daughter by Patricia Hampl is a deep exploration of two extremely influential individuals on the author’s life: her mother and her father, though much more emphasis seems to me to be on the mother. There’s an intended irony, I think, in the author’s title, the florist’s daughter. Hampl has always considered herself “hisContinueContinue reading “The Florist’s Daughter by Patricia Hampl”
Most Memorable Moment: Ten Years Later
Last night, we went to Bull and Bones Brewhaus and Grill in Blackburg, Virginia (look at that nice alliteration… it’s even a poetic location) for karaoke and drinks. Brandon asked me what moment is most memorable for me from the last ten years together, not counting our wedding day and the births of our children,ContinueContinue reading “Most Memorable Moment: Ten Years Later”
Full Body Burden – Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats
I recently finished Kristen Iversen’s book, Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats, an important and terrifying account of the dangers that lurk in the secrets of our personal and national lives. It is especially important and worrisome as the Denver area experiences such dramatic flooding, stirring up buried plutonium deposits.Kristen Iversen accomplishes whatContinueContinue reading “Full Body Burden – Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats”
Sarah Marie Wells 