-
We ARE Christmas
We are Christmas!
-
Nine Months…
It’s been nine months. Nine months of stay-at-home orders and daily briefings. Nine months of seeing family & friends through screens. Nine months of sadness, fear, and mourning. That’s such a long time. But do you know what else we can do in nine months? We can grow and birth new life into the world.…
-
Reading to the Cat in Advent
Story taking place in time – place being peace a small room book-lined, a blue chair grey cat upside down beside you pretending sleep, listening as if knowing what the story is about in its own version – a happiness of words taut with attentiveness – the story tightens: in the middle of the farmyard…
-
Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow
On this Christmas Eve, I wanted to share with you a favorite hymn of mine, an African American Spiritual called “Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow (the star of Bethlehem).” Do you know it? Like the more known, “Go Tell it on the Mountain,” the song was passed down orally by slaves and sung at services…
-
The Winter Solstice 2018
Good Evening Friends! On this the shortest day of the year: We all have winters in our lives; Darkness fills our world, Fear is present, We have a longing for companionship, Our struggles seem insurmountable, We feel a sadness that abounds, Some will forsake us, Geography can make us feel isolated, Apart from those we…
-
In the Bleak Midwinter
For so many, the darkest days of the year that lead up to December 21st, the first day of winter are bleak. Last night, I watched coverage about a massive snow storm in Romania and the rainy weekend the Northeast endured where many are wondering when the rain will end. My Sunday was spent in…