Advent 2024: Look

St. Naum at Monastery of St. Naum, Macedonia, (c) T. Brett McMahan Advent Day 5, December 5, 2024 You Reading This, Be Ready ~ by William Stafford Starting here, what do you want to remember?How sunlight creeps along a shining floor?What scent of old wood hovers, what softenedsound from outside fills the air? Will youContinue reading "Advent 2024: Look"

Advent 2024: Silence

Advent Day 4, December 4, 2024 Lo, in the silent nightA child to God is bornAnd all is brought againThat ere was lost or lorn. Could but thy soul, O man,Become a silent night!God would be born in theeAnd set all things aright. Whoever wrote this 15th century verse knew a truth about the giftContinue reading "Advent 2024: Silence"

The Waiting: A Poem of Advent

Advent Day 2: December 2, 2024 The Waiting ~ A Poem of Advent "For I, the Lord your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, 'Do not fear.  I will help you.'"  (Isaiah 41:13) O, Isaiah, ancient prophet of doom, prophet of ancient hope,your proclamations resound like cymbalsjarring this stillContinue reading "The Waiting: A Poem of Advent"

Advent 2024: Waiting as One

December 1, 2024 Welcome, any and all, to this season of Advent, the four-week period of waiting for the Light to be born. Whether you're Christian, Jewish, Muslim, a believer of anything or of nothing, you are welcome here. We're all alive, breathing as one, at this same moment, on this same planet, our common aches,Continue reading "Advent 2024: Waiting as One"

Who’s King?

November 24, 2024 “Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I say?” Luke 6:46 For many Christian denominations, today, Sunday, November 24, is recognized as “Christ the King Sunday,” traditionally celebrated on the last Sunday before the Advent Season, the four Sundays that precede Christmas Day. Like so many other ChristianContinue reading "Who’s King?"