The Psalms of Advent, Dec. 1, 2022 Today, you are invited to light a candle with me as we move to the third Psalm of Advent, Psalm 72, and reflect on verses 1-7, and 18-19. The entire psalm can be found here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2072%3A1-7%2CPsalm%2072%3A18-19&version=NRSVUE. Listen for a repetition in these verses, 1-3, and verse 7, beingContinueContinue reading “Thursday, Advent Week 1: Righteousness”
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Tuesday, Advent 1: Waiting and Watching
The Psalms of Advent, November 29, 2022 An interesting, and perhaps intentional, aspect about the Psalms of Advent is that there are really only seven of them appointed for this season of preparation. When I first considered this blog, I assumed there would be a different psalm every day, but not so, according to theContinueContinue reading “Tuesday, Advent 1: Waiting and Watching”
Monday, Advent 1: Escape
The Psalms of Advent, Nov. 28, 2022 Please light a candle if you wish and join me in today’s meditation on the psalms designated for the four weeks of the Advent Season. How do I select these psalms? I am not pulling them out of the air, I promise. They are found in a formalizedContinueContinue reading “Monday, Advent 1: Escape”
The Psalms of Advent
“The world is not respectable; it is mortal, tormented, deluded forever; but it is shot through with beauty, with love, with glints of courage and laughter; and in these, the spirit blooms . . .” George Santayana The Book of Psalms in the Old Testament of the Bible is a collection of ancient Hebrew poem-songsContinueContinue reading “The Psalms of Advent”
Sky Lights
If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! But every night come out these envoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smile. Ralph Waldo Emerson In this winter seasonContinueContinue reading “Sky Lights”
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