by Alan Briggs | Dec 27, 2017 | Archive, City, Family, Neighborhood
My path collides with a lot of dreamers. I love getting invited into these conversations as a life coach, friend, pastor or consultant. The energy is potent, the urgency is palpable. I’ve personally wrestled with and fielded the same question many times; Should I stay...
by Alan Briggs | Dec 13, 2017 | Archive, City, Family, Neighborhood
This is a beautiful Advent poem from a friend who lives a ver different life than I get to live. His words are rich are striking. Nathan Ybanez, Sterling Correctional Facility “Carpenter” A carpenter is a healer. Ragged bits of tree-flesh Shaped, sanded, glued whole-...
by Alan Briggs | Dec 7, 2017 | Archive, City, Family, Neighborhood
This has been the most meaningful Advent season I’ve ever experienced. Ever. We’ve engaged actively in the waiting as a collective through The Weary World Rejoices Advent movement. It’s been beautiful to be shaped by poems and posts and to...
by Alan Briggs | Dec 7, 2017 | Archive, City, Family, Neighborhood
Here’s a guest post from my friend Paul Pastor. We invite you to enter the pain and expectation and join our Advent movement; The Weary World Rejoices. “…Let earth receive her king.” In recent years, many low-church Protestants have embraced Advent as an...
by Alan Briggs | Dec 3, 2017 | Archive, City, Family, Neighborhood
Here’s a guest post from my friend Dan White. We invite you to enter the pain and expectation and join our Advent movement; The Weary World Rejoices. …In this Season of Advent we learn about waiting. Waiting is painful; it brings anxiety and in...
