Category: Rituals
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On Beginning a New Year
Hi there, readers! Can you believe it’s January 22nd? The Christmas decorations have been stored away for a couple of weeks now. Candles are sprinkled throughout my house during these winter months, providing light and comfort on cold days. Yesterday, the temperatures in New York were bitterly cold. Walking outside for even a few minutes…
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Dishing on Everywhere God
About a month ago, I chatted with my new friend Matt Brough. He’s a pastor and writer in Winnipeg, Canada. I met him at the Festival of Faith and Writing Conference this past April. We shared a number of similarities, including a love for young adult literature and a desire to see God in the…
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Keeping a Commonplace Book
The beauty of the commonplace book is that it makes the act of reading and writing inseparable. Reading inspires writing which inspires more reading. -ReadLearnWrite.com Occasionally I like to write about topics that connect my worlds–my life as an educator with my life as a writer. Today’s post is that. As the Blizzard of 2016 descended…
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Rituals: Snicky-Snack Sundays
Before moving to Stony Brook, another favorite mealtime ritual for our family was “Snicky-Snack Sundays.” I think Anna was the one to coin this term. Growing up in a home where my dad often preached or taught on Sundays, our evening meal wasn’t really “dinner” in the official sense. My mom, known for her delicious…
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Rituals: Homemade Pizza Night
In a few moments I will head to the kitchen to begin making pizza dough. I will pull out my large Tupperware bowl as well as the flour, the yeast, the salt, the sugar, and the olive oil. With little thought, my hands will measure the ingredients and mix the dough. I could make this…
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Michigan Traditions
Writing about my love of traditions, routines, and habits, is not a new topic for me. I love exploring the ways traditions shape everyday life. We recently spent five days in Michigan with Brad’s family, and since then I have been reflecting on some of the summertime traditions we enjoy each time the Brummeler clan…
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Life at Stony Brook–the end of our first year
Okay, I know I am overdue for a post (especially since I started a three-week creation series with a giveaway–see Enjoying and Observing Creation, Week 1), but please accept my apologies as I digress for this week and write about the events of the past five days. Next week I will resume the creation series…
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Making Memories
This week seems like my unofficial start of summer break. Last week I still had teacher work days and meetings so even though I wasn’t teaching, it still felt like work. However, the week ended on a fun note. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, I thought it would be fun to read a…
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Observing Advent
Observing Advent has been an important part of my family’s Christmas traditions. I am not quite sure when I started observing Advent regularly as an adult, but I remember being a child and my parents would gather my brother and me while they lit the various candles on the advent wreath and read some scripture.…
Alicia Brummeler 