Welcoming Love (Advent Week 4)

Throughout the season of Advent, you may want to create a small sacred space for prayer and quiet. Each week I’ll suggest a small “everyday” item you can add to your space (or carry with you!) to help you reflect on the week’s theme. Find the St. Benedict quotation printable here. LINK TO THIS WEEK'S …

Welcoming Peace (Advent Week 2)

Throughout the season of Advent, you may want to create a small sacred space for prayer and quiet. Each week I’ll suggest a small “everyday” item you can add to your space (or carry with you!) to help you reflect on the week’s theme. Find the St. Benedict quotation printable here. LINK TO THIS WEEK'S …

Welcoming Hope (Advent Week 1)

Download jpg here. As we begin the season of Advent, you may want to create a small sacred space for prayer and quiet. Each week I'll suggest a small "everyday" item you can add to your space (or carry with you!) to help you reflect on the week's theme. LINK TO THIS WEEK'S SCRIPTURE TEXTS. …

Advent, Week 2: The Luxury of Peace

I realize I've totally bailed on my regular writings, but my energy and emotions have been wrapped up in preparing this meditation for today's weekday Advent worship service at our local church. It was incredibly challenging to work on this in a season when I feel admittedly Grinchy about "hope, peace, joy, and love"--it's hard …

Advent 2014, Day 2: Being clay.

Today's reading: Isaiah 64:1-9Yet, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand. (Isaiah 64:8)I took pottery classes for awhile; I wouldn't say I was particularly good at it, but it was good for me. I learned to get my hands …

Advent 2014, Day 1: The Luxury of Hope

Welcome to another season of daily(ish) blog posts for Advent. As in previous years, these posts are intended as a personal reflection on the season, a creative response to scripture, and a more-or-less spontaneous meditation for the day. As such, they are not based on deep scriptural study, but are instead a "first impression" response …