Advent Blog

Tag: #lent

  • The Journey Ends for Now…

    Thank you, friends, blog writers, artists, people who liked posts, faithful comment posters, and followers. Without you, we could not have taken this journey to the cross and beyond. 

  • Because Christ has Risen, so have We.

    Oh, the tenacity of life, pushing up against the dirt, debris and challenges of this journey on earth. None of us gets through this life unscathed. Who hasn’t wondered if there will be life on the other side of their greatest challenge?  Easter reminds us of the sheer force of God’s power to break open…

  • The Liminal Space

    The place of stillness.  Of silence and stillness. After the end has come, yet no beginning is begun. That mysterious in-between time where there is no action to take, no words to offer, no comfort, no plan, no reason nor explanation to be had.   This is the liminal space, from the Latin word limen meaning…

  • Good Friday

    The bell tolls.The congregation settles.The cello’s mournful groan surfaces.The violins and flute lament in their depths below, accentuating the agony.The bass voices entomb us in the sorrow.The sopranos punctuate our grief.And so begins our communal requiem.                                     From Susan Ceely Philips

  • Kindness

    Loving God….Loving Others “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” –Romans 8:28 The kindness that we share with our brethren demonstrates the love of God within us. Paul writes, “So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three;…

  • Jerusalem

    I have always wanted to go to Jerusalem to walk through the pages of the Bible in person. So when I found out I would be attending a conference in Jerusalem, the first person I thought of was Sister Carol. She made the Bible come to life for me in her Bible studies. The first…

  • Mary Marvels at her Boy

    From the beginning when her boy is littleMary watches, marveling at what he does.His first everything: laughing aloud,first step when she puts her hands out toward him,calls to Joseph, “Come and see!”Later, calls again when her boy at twointently hammers the wooden peg as if conversingwith the toy his father made for him.Each first, a…

  • Hope in God’s Surprises

    Earlier this week, I was thinking about how easy it was to experience wonder or to be surprised and delighted when I was a child. It was also easier to laugh hard and often back then.

  • With Basin and Towel

    Beauty as I’d never seen Eyes closed through mirror darkVision of servant at deedStill takes my heart apart  Humility on bended kneesSplashes hitting her feet and the floor Hands tremulous by advancing disease Undeterred for the one he adored  His bride of 60 some years Her hip broken now newly repaired Unable to reach her own feet She sat on toilet…

  • How we love..

    “Faced with what we lack, some things fall apart, but from the ashes new dreams start, all that matters is how we love…” Beth Nielsen Chapman