by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 23, 2011 | for Spirit, Lifestyle Design
Three days ago, Sam was playing basketball in the gym at our church, one congregation against another. The other team forfeited so a pick-up game ensued. The scheduled referee, probably in his late 50s, jumped up to fill out the losing team. A while later, as he was...
by Alison Moore Smith | Dec 31, 2010 | for Spirit
The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior. This quote makes my kids crazy. When they are incredulous because I think I know what they are going to do in a given situation, that is my response. When you've known someone from the exact moment of birth, it...
by Alison Moore Smith | Dec 24, 2010 | for Love, for Spirit
Every Christmas Eve we gather our family together to have a musical, spiritual remembrance of the real meaning of Christmas: Jesus Christ. We dress up (with bathrobes and sheets and towels and broom handles and foil crowns and anything else handy) and act out the...
by Alison Moore Smith | Dec 23, 2010 | for Love, for Spirit
Rather than have a more traditional big holiday meal, on Christmas Eve, while reenacting the nativity, we have a shepherd's feast. We sit on a blanket on the family room floor and eat by the light of the fire. While the food isn't authentic to shepherd's of...
by Alison Moore Smith | Dec 5, 2010 | for Spirit
http://www.youtube.com/v/pPViKJRHyZo vido now missing Cynicism about spirituality is all the rage in Hollywood and academia, and it filters into the culture at large. What these finger-pointing folks don't seem to realize is that they already have their own religions:...
by Alison Moore Smith | Dec 1, 2010 | for Fun, for Spirit
As a child I was always fascinated by advent calendars. The first one I ever saw was a standup cardboard calendar that my dad bought from a door-to-door salesman. It had little paper windows to open each day to reveal a picture behind. Over the past few days I've...
