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 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...
Dec 11, 2016 | Advent, prayer
Pray for us, Mary, Mother of God. While you rejoice in God’s works and celebrate God’s faithfulness, we wait impatiently for the fullness of Life to be born in a flood of justice. Sing for us, Mary, Mother of God, to gird our spirits with courage and...
Dec 10, 2016 | Advent, joy
o my soul open your doors to praise and your gates to delight. let not your strength wane or your hope fade but welcome the wonder of unknowing and satisfy your curiosity with the fullness of the present. o my soul in all your angst and yearning open your doors to...
