Enter: Settle in to your quiet space with several deep, slow breaths. If you can't find quiet space amid the holiday-making, settle into the noisy, (hopefully) joyful space you're in. Still: breathe. Light a candle, gaze at Christmas tree lights, watch a fireplace blaze (even if on tv)... it's all good. Breathe in: Our salvation … Continue reading A Maker’s Christmas: Being Shepherds
A Maker’s Advent: The Longest Night
Enter: Settle in to your quiet space with several deep, slow breaths. Light no candles. Breathe in: I will keep watchBreathe out: I believe... I believe Habakkuk 2:1-4 I will keep watch to see what he will say to me, and what he will answer concerning my complain. Then the Lord answered me and said: … Continue reading A Maker’s Advent: The Longest Night
A Maker’s Advent, Week 4: Being Restored
Enter: Settle in to your quiet space with several deep, slow breaths. Light a candle (or four) if you wish. Breathe in: Restore us, O GodBreathe out: let your face shine Micah 5:2-5a Therefore he shall give them up until the time when she who is in labor has brought forth; then the rest of … Continue reading A Maker’s Advent, Week 4: Being Restored
A Maker’s Advent, Week 3: Being Fearless
Enter: Settle in to your quiet space with several deep, slow breaths. Light a candle (or three) if you wish. Breathe in: I will trustBreathe out: and not be afraid Zephaniah 3:14-20 The king of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst; you shall fear disaster no more. On that day it shall be said … Continue reading A Maker’s Advent, Week 3: Being Fearless
A Maker’s Advent, Week 2: Being Refined
Enter: Settle in to your quiet space with several deep, slow breaths. Light a candle (or two) if you wish. Breathe in: In your tender mercyBreathe out: break upon us Malachi 3:1-4 But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? for he is like a refiner's fire … Continue reading A Maker’s Advent, Week 2: Being Refined
A Maker’s Advent, Week 1: Being Ready
Enter: Settle in to your quiet space with several deep, slow breaths. Light a candle, if you wish. Breathe in: Strengthen my heartBreathe out: I stand before You Jeremiah 33:14-16 The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will fulfill the promise I have made to the house of Israel and the house … Continue reading A Maker’s Advent, Week 1: Being Ready
A Maker’s Advent: Intro and Info
Just a quick post in the lead-up to Advent tomorrow. In past years I've made Advent AltarBoxes (with pre-collected items) or provided a list of items to gather before the first week. This year will be a little different. What you need to bring. Nothing. Instead of suggesting items ahead of time, each week's practice … Continue reading A Maker’s Advent: Intro and Info
Statements of Faith
Texts for the Second Sunday of Epiphany (Jan. 17). 1 Samuel 3:1-10 (11-20)Psalm 139:1-6, 13-181 Corinthians 6:12-20John 1:43-51 The LORD called Samuel again, a third time. And Samuel got up and went to Eli, and said, "Here I am, for you called me." Then Eli perceived that the LORD was calling the boy. Therefore Eli … Continue reading Statements of Faith
Whose Voice Do We Hear?
Texts for the First Sunday After Epiphany (Jan. 10): the Baptism of Jesus. Genesis 1:1-5Psalm 29Acts 19:1-7Mark 1:4-11 The voice of the Lord is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the Lord, over mighty waters.The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.The voice of the … Continue reading Whose Voice Do We Hear?
Epiphany: Welcoming Wonder
Thank you for observing the Advent/Christmas season with A Moving Yarn! As we enter a new calendar year, we also celebrate the beginning of a new season: not just a day, but a season of wonder, the liturgical season of Epiphany. It begins on the 12th day of Christmas, January 6, when we remember the … Continue reading Epiphany: Welcoming Wonder
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