Monthly Archives: December 2009

Advent lessons/confessions

Advent is a season full of lessons. Rather like New Year’s resolutions (I gave up years ago), Advent seems to bring with it the desire to do better, the hope of a more focused season, and, sadly, the disappointment of Christmas coming and going yet again without having achieved the desired spiritual focus and impact.

This year has been no exception. I planned to celebrate a meaningful Advent season. Truly. Yet, despite my best intentions, Advent arrived to find me completely unprepared. I awoke one day to discover (thanks to a Tweet from a more diligent observer) that the first Sunday of Advent had arrived and I was not ready. The rest of the Advent season has been no better. Continue reading

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Welcome back, Robert!

In response to overwhelming demand (okay, at least Carlos missed my site being online), I am re-launching this blog. I took the site down a few months ago due to a combination of factors that included: a lack of passion and vision for the site, a loss of interest in posting anything anywhere online, and family distractions and responsibilities that precluded blogging regularly. Continue reading

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