Author: Abbigail Kriebs
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2015 Year in Review: Did I Create?
My word for 2015 was CREATE. I set out to stop putting off my side-hustle and start working hard on what mattered to me: creating rather than consuming. I had big plans to finish a novel, but my real goal that I really only ever said out loud to myself was that I was going to…
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A Song of Joy & Sadness on The First Christmas
That first Christmas, there was joy. There was wonder and awe and salvation. There was also sadness. Christ’s coming meant peace on Earth, but it was not immediate. That first Christmas also held devastation. Mary’s joy was the joy of a new mother, a joy made infinitely more full as the mother of the Christ…
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Merry & Bright
I had no expectations for Christmas this year. We’ve been so bogged down in doing that I forgot to look up and look forward. As full as life is on a regular basis, I have a hard time making room for all the extra this season seems to expect. There are still groceries to buy…