“Nothing has transformed my spiritual life the way scripture writing has.” Over the years, Rebekah Matt has filled notebook after notebook with the words of the Bible, each page a testament to her daily habit of showing up and slowing down.
Somehow, on a lark, I had stumbled completely unprepared into the most precious, solemn, and heart-wrenching job I would ever have. Even for department store Santa's Christmas is a serious business.
Elton John, famously sang, "Sorry seems to be the hardest word." But he is wrong. "Thank you" is harder.
Copying out the lyrics by hand was strangely exciting and, at the same time, helped me make sense of them.