December 11, 2025

Image: Melanie Kyer Advent Wreath Traditions This is our family’s Advent wreath. (It’s more of an Advent “plate,” really). I bought it in Kiel, Germany, when I was studying there in 1997. The traditional wooden choir figures are also from that year, bought at a famous...

April 17, 2024

Image: Melanie Kyer Spring Frogging My mother taught me to crochet when I was a little girl and I was never much good at it. I could do basic straight stitches but anything that required reading a pattern was out. These days, there are excellent tutorials on YouTube...

MARCH 21, 2024

Image: Nina Bisognani  Reconciliation Forgiveness is a process. It began for me one year during Lent. I was reminded of the broken relationship between my older sister and me. When we were children, I thought she was a bad seed. She called me a spoiled brat. Sometimes...

February 22, 2024

Image: Barbara Ryther Trees in Winter Sometimes I imagine that God sees us as we see trees in winter.Not through the filter of soft leavesOr in the warm summer sunshineBut branches, trunk and roots laid bare in the harsh light. In winter you can truly see a tree’s...

February 8, 2024

WELCOMED HOME For the first time in over a year I worshiped in person at St George’s on Sunday October 15th.  My reasons for becoming a “St G’s YouTuber” were legitimate. At first it was the need to protect our immune compromised daughter from potential exposure to...

January 25, 2024

Image: Kathryn Yingst The Practice of Gratitude    Years back, a friend of mine shared that she was keeping a daily gratitude journal. Each evening, she would write down two or three things that she felt thankful for. At the time, what struck me most was that my...