Advent Blog

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  • Dirt

    Dear Darling, Dirty Dirt – The other day I watched a worm.  It made its way across my path –- seeming to sprint a worm’s sprint, stretching, contracting, then reaching again –- on its way to you.  A worm’s way of running into the arms of the one it loves.   And I have to admit,…

  • To my dear Mother…

    To my dear Mother… I’ve only called you “Mother”.There’s reverence in that name,But all that this has come to meanCan no longer be the same.Giving of all the treasures you holdOver so very long a timeHas to be exhaustingWith its relentless, ceaseless storyline.I cannot expect that it’s all on youTo fulfill all my wants or…

  • What are you waiting for?

    Dear Advent Blog Readers, People are always waiting for something, right? We wait for the train connection, our meals, the elevator and the call back. We wait for the news, for medical care, the show opening and the latest products. That waiting can be torturous and agonizing at times for many. But what are we…

  • Advent begins tomorrow…

    Advent begins tomorrow…

    Dear Advent Blog Reader, There is a promise of hope each Advent, where we know the beginning and ending, but the possibilities in the journey are ours and God’s to craft. Welcome to the 2023 Marble Women’s Ministry Advent Blog, an Advent Season for writing letters. Inspired by a children’s book and a thank you…

  • Hallowtide Evening of Reverent Remembrance

    Throughout the world during this time, people of many and varied cultures pause to honor and remember, in sacred reverence, those they have loved and lost. Through flowers, fragrance, prayer, and silence, a sacred time is created and recalled as we hold our loved ones in our hearts, minds, and memories. We gather together this…

  • 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. 

  • The Kindness of our Hands

    “Christ has no body now, but yours. No hands, no feet on earth, but yours. Yours are the eyes through which Christ looks compassion into the world. Yours are the feet with which Christ walks to do good. Yours are the hands with which Christ blesses the world.” – St. Teresa of Avila Oh the blessing of a kind touch. In…

  • Easter Monday

    The first day of the week,Of our lives,After an Easter Sunday.Another chanceTo believeThat we have been left with all we need;A still and maybe not so small voice withinTo guide,To be shown that we understandWhere we are to go from here.Another chance to start over,To be a GenesisTo co-create and stewardAll that we have been…

  • 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…