This is the last podcast of 2021. Merry Christmas. In this episode I reflect on the holiness of lamenting losses during this season. I read a passage from Every Moment Holy, Volume II, as well as the Christmas Friday passage from Tish Oxenreider's book, Shadow & Light, A Journey Into Advent. I hope you enjoy.

This is a fantastic conversation about helping our families step into the making of a simpler Christmas. if you head over to www.thecreativetable.net and look at the blog post for this episode, you will find the books we talked about, some recipes as well as Tiffany’s information for Desert Bloom Confections.

John and Angel Beeson spoke such incredible wisdom and love in the space of creative neighboring. It was great to chat with them about something I have watched their family do for many years. They talk about the wins, and the ‘bloopers’, but more than anything they share from their hearts just how we are all called to lean into becoming better neighbors to whomever lives next to us. It is the perfect episode to enter into the holidays and the New Year with intention for connection!

We talked about a few books in the episode. They are:

• The Art of Neighboring by Jay Pathak & Dave Runyon
• One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp
• The Turquoise Table by Kristin Schell

Additionally we talked about where you can find John & Angel.

• Angel is a Counselor at Whole Hope Counseling where she meets with clients both locally, nationally and internationally. 
• John blogs at The Bee Hive and is a co-lead pastor at New Life Bible Fellowship