Dec 16, 2011 | Advent, images of God
I pray for light (Light!) to sustain me today with flickers of warmth and laughter with the steady glow of love and friendship with the bright joy of anticipation with the still-burning hope of compassion. I give thanks for light (Light!) that encourages me onward...
Dec 15, 2011 | Advent, nature, poem, prayer, thanksgiving
For health and strength and daily bread,For breath and for the paths we tread,For love which keeps our hearts exposed,For scars and dreams that make us grow,For sunset’s fire and ocean’s storm,For starry nights and blankets warm,For stories, for hope, for...
Dec 13, 2011 | Advent, healing, prayer
I’m imagining you in an E.T. moment, dear God: with an outstretched finger lighting up to touch each one of us with love and healing. Please be like E.T. today.
Dec 12, 2011 | Advent, peace, wholeness
breathingto find God not absentbut withinbreathingto appreciate God in silencedespite the noisebreathingto pulse with God’s peacein my corebreathingto savor God’s fullnessand mine
Dec 11, 2011 | Advent, joy, sermon
Joy!JOY!Joy!Let God whisper it in your soul.Joy.Not happiness,not that moment of elation when things come togetheror that gleeful feeling like when you’re about to dive into dessert.Not happiness…Joy.Not thrill,not that rush of hype that is always...