Happy Friday, party people!
It is officially December and we are a mere 22 days away from Christmas Day! I am not ready.
I hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving holiday weekends, and were filled with great joy and even greater pies. Iāve been playing host to the Popcast staff this week during our retreat, and am carrying on like a tired, limp noodle today, so this newsletter will be brief.
As I was decorating my house for Christmas this week, I realized just how much I love and value traditions. Both my close and extended family have a lot of them, ranging from sweet and personal to strange and random. Iād love to hear some of your own holiday traditions (they can be current or past traditions). If youāre willing, please share in the comments!
Here are this weekās treasures:
š¤ My friend Gloria is part of a movement called Hope Booth, which is seeking to make people all over the world feel seen and unified. Our society is a little disconnected after the last couple of years, and their goal is to help everyone experience a taste of community through installing Hope Booths in cities across the globe. They have a kickstarter fundraiser to help get this started, so if you are interested in this project, please give and share! Additionally, if you want to learn more about Hope Booth, click here!
š For my fellow true crime sleuths: a man named Anthony Broadwater was freed from prison this week after a wrongful sentence for a crime he did not commit 16 years ago. The crazy thing is that all of this happened as a result of some film producers who noticed some errors in storytelling. When producers for a Netflix film starting digging into the script on the story, they realized there were some major holes in the trial information, which led to Broadwaterās conviction being overturned. We celebrate with you, Anthony!
š I find myself feeling a little overwhelmed by Christmas this year, if Iām being honest. If you are like me and are having difficulty manifesting the holiday magic for yourself and your family, this poem from Meredith Ann Miller is for you.
š° Although extremely sobering, this article about one familyās escape from Kabul to Texas is an important read, providing an up-close account to the events that unfolded in Afghanistan this past fall.
šÆļø Itās not too late to join us for Advent! We have one week of Thunder In The Desert under our belts, but you can easily catch up and follow along for the rest of the season for only $6 (the study is only a month long). If youād like to participate in this study of Advent and Isaiah 40 with a kind and beautiful group, click here to subscribe!
šŖØ Apparently Kim Kardashian and her daughter North got a TikTok account and the internet is responding in the best way possible.
LETāS DO SOME TWEETS:
This is so tender:
Okay pals, thatās it for me. Have a great weekend, and Iāll see you in the comments!
Christmas tradition - my husband started this on year one of our marriageā¦we buy all the fun candy cane flavors and add them to our Christmas tree decor. Fast forward 15 years, my boys love it. It is fun to see all the cool flavors they have now like Nerds, Airheads, etc. It is not fun to have them until March. Itās like Halloween candy round two! šš
Thanks for sharing the article about Anthony Broadwater!! Crazy but redeeming story! I listened to his taped video here and gave a donation. I hope they make a film and book about his story. He is a believer as you will hear. To get to the video you have to scroll down to older posts by the originator.https://gofund.me/08c651d5