Welcome

Hello, Friends,

I'm so glad you've made your way to the home of The Uncluttered Heart. I hope you'll join me later this year in my journey through the days of Advent and Christmas.

Advent is often the busiest time of the year. And yet, we are called to make time and space to prepare our hearts for the coming of Christ. What a challenge for us as Christians. But there is power in sharing together in a difficult journey. I invite you to use this book in helping you clear away obstructions to God—your worries, distractions, negative habits—so that your heart and spirit is open to God’s movement during this holy time. God is waiting to break through our endless tasks and distractions to remind us that we are not alone.

In this book, my love of Advent joins with my work in web ministry. I’ve gone back through the years of selections we have used in our Advent web resources and have picked out some of my favorite quotes to use each day during Advent and the Christmas season that follows. Many of these quotes feel like old friends, and I’m glad to introduce you to them and to the books from which they are published.

Each day during Advent and Christmas (beginning November 27, 2011 and ending January 6, 2012), I'll be sending out an email message and a text message to help you "Remember God." The contents of these messages will be posted here at this website each day and you'll be welcome to join with me in reflecting on our thoughts, experiences, challenges, and victories during the season. Read the book daily,  sign up to receive one or both of these "digital spiritual helps" (texts and emails), and join the discussion on this page. Together we will journey through Advent and Christmas. Sign up here.

I'm really looking forward to spending Advent with you.

Blessings,