December 18, 2025 O come, O come, great Lord of might,who to your tribes on Sinai’s heightin ancient times did give the lawin cloud and majesty and awe. On the West Bank, Palestine, in the city of Bethlehem, lies the oldest site continuously used as a place of worship in Christianity, and the Church ofContinueContinue reading “Advent’s O Antiphons: Adonai”
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Resistance and Resilience: Words
July 14, 2025 Recently, a follower of this blog sent me an essay written by Phyllis Cole-Dai (The Raft on Substack) who wrote: “According to The New York Times, the current US administration has now restricted or outright banned the use of hundreds of words and phrases in government documents ranging from agency memos toContinueContinue reading “Resistance and Resilience: Words”
Resistance and Resilience: Love
June 2, 2025 Art in any form is resistance. This blog is an invitation to submit any works of art that speak to resistance against the injustices of these current times and to resilience that keeps us grounded in hope, truth, and love. Former submissions can be found here under “Writings” : https://spirit-reflections.org/. Today’s submissionContinueContinue reading “Resistance and Resilience: Love”
Response to “Liberty”
May 27, 2025 As those who follow this blog know, the theme has shifted to how the creative arts can guide and ground us during these turbulent times around the world, but especially in regard to the current administration in the United States. Resistance and Resilience are the key guidelines. Over the weekend, I postedContinueContinue reading “Response to “Liberty””
Easter ~ Rise Up
April 20, 2025 Rise Up Rise up, for the tomb is empty,our call clear.Rise up to shine the Light.Grind the dried palmsof betrayal under your feetand raise the lilies of peace.Piece together the torn tunicAnd make it a garment of unity.Drop the silver coinsinto the hands of the hungryand feed his sheep.Turn out the falseContinueContinue reading “Easter ~ Rise Up”
Advent 2024: Fog
Advent Day 18, December 18, 2024 The above photo shows the view from my kitchen window yesterday morning. At this time of year, with the leaves gone, I can usually see the traffic below on one of the busiest roads into the city, but not yesterday. Fog snaked low across the valley before descending over the roadContinueContinue reading “Advent 2024: Fog”
Lenten Day Twenty-one: The Apostle Paul
March 5, 2024 “If I speak in the tongues of people or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.” The Apostle Paul (1 Corinthians 1) As I reflect on this quotation today, I think of this morning’s headlines. Wars across the world. Clang, clang, clang. PoliticsContinueContinue reading “Lenten Day Twenty-one: The Apostle Paul”
God is Love
August 12, 2021 “God is love.” (1 John 4:16) I’m told confession is good for the soul. Let’s find out. Often in my blogs, I comment on how essential it is in this turbulent and angry world to be still, to take a time out, to step back, to watch what we say. However, sometimesContinueContinue reading “God is Love”
The Power of Stillness
In this sometimes bittersweet season, where joy can be so elusive because of all the activity, anxiety, and noise which surround us, I turn in this journey to the Light to the wisdom of a current guide, Brother David Steindl-Rast, an American monk born in 1926 who still is leading us forward. What draws meContinueContinue reading “The Power of Stillness”
The Meaning of Joy in Advent
In the Christian tradition, the focus or theme of the third week of the four-week season of Advent is joy. In this dark time of year, in a “holiday” season that for many of us will be different from what it has ever been before, where do we find joy? If this is our firstContinueContinue reading “The Meaning of Joy in Advent”
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