Advent Blog

For the first Sunday in Lent, I share a few pieces of music to start or end your day. Baba Yetu (The Lord’s Prayer in Swahili) The Lord’s Prayer My Help by the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir I am Light by India Arie Be and Be Not Afraid by Tracy Chapman

Which essentials enable us to carry burdens, live life weathering problems? Which crucial requirements must we possess? Traits of: faith courage love forgiveness and quintessential belief of HOPE   These tools can ease dark times interspersed with Prayer until LIGHT returns.               by Lynn Doll

“to shine on those living in darknessand in the shadow of death,to guide our feet into the path of peace.”   Luke 1:79 “When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.”  Ralph Waldo Emerson “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”…

Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day–what an interesting combination day!  It is all about Love after all!  Happy Love Day All! Ash Wednesday, the first day of the forty-day journey called Lent.  A time where many people fast, give something up, do daily devotions, journal regularly, or focus on doing good deeds and making an impact…

This is a traditional King Cake and bead tree for Mardi Gras Day. Good Evening! While you are enjoying your Pancake Suppers, Parades, and other indulgences on this Shrove Tuesday, Mardi Gras Day or Fat Tuesday, we would like to invite you to join us tomorrow for the start of the Lent. We will be…

Thank you for joining us this Advent Season.  We hope the blog inspired and guided you through the season with more hope, confidence, and courage to face all of life’s challenges.  From all of us at the Marble Women’s Ministry, we wish you a blessed interlude between Christmas and New Year’s.  We will post from…

Dreaming Mendelssohn By Margie Dimoplon I woke up Christmas morning hearing Mendelssohn, the music from my dream continuing a theme so joyful and light-as-air it lingered – celestial. My mind searched lines and spaces to identify the composition’s name and movement: Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, allegro assai vivace. But why Mendelssohn on Christmas?…

By Patrice Donnell In my childhood, during Advent, there was always one night when my father read to us “The Littlest Angel” by Charles Tazewell. It always moved me to tears, and inspired me, a timid child, to be braver about who God made me to be.

Lord help me to embrace the new beginnings of this season I pray for courage to move forward, letting go of  the things that are holding me back I thank you for all of the blessings you have bestowed upon me Help me a to be open to your guidance and grace. Shared by Brenda…