Dec 18, 2016 | Advent, prayer
Emmanuel, God, be with us as we greet you in praise. You are the sovereign of angels and cherubim, the source of life for all creation, and our souls’ only hope and comfort. Shine upon us, we pray. When fear threatens our faith, open our mouths to shout with joy...
Dec 17, 2016 | Advent, justice, love
Do not fail, o my heart. Do not be discouraged though the waiting is long and the wellspring of justice is far off. Do not faint, o my heart. Do not be weak in waiting but roar with the fullness of your life with the ferocity of your wildest dreams. Do not grow weary,...
Dec 16, 2016 | Advent, nature, prayer, thanksgiving
the heartache and the weariness and the “to do” list and the brokenness and the starling with its beautiful iridescence tapping at our window, seeking a shelter from the winter wind the frustration and the guilt and the fear and the news and the faraway...
Dec 15, 2016 | Advent, prayer
Does there come a time when the pain ceases? when joy triumphs? when hope endures? when life is freed? .
Dec 14, 2016 | Advent, images of God, joy, prayer, psalm
the LORD is my light o God my God, what I wouldn’t give to see your warmth and light on long sleepless nights when only the winter cold keeps me company. yet you greet me faithfully in every dawn, you meet my eyes as though we haven’t spent a single moment...
Dec 12, 2016 | Advent, discipleship, prayer
. Is it too much to ask for a sign? A gesture, a beacon, a mark to show us the way? Perhaps more to the point, O God: if we ask for and receive a sign, will we also be ready to recognize it? on Isaiah 7:10-14...
