“During Advent, as we wait to celebrate the birth of the one who taught love, kindness, and empathy, could it be a project simply to love without requiring reciprocation or expectation? Could we help calm the anxieties and tone down the rhetoric that have been so much a part of our year so far?”
“The Iconoclasts made their points that there is difference between worshiping God and worshiping graven images of God, and that perhaps our imagination shouldn’t be distracted by defaults. On the other hand, why should the human desire to create–imitating God’s ability to create–be stifled?”
“There I stood, about ready to wear just a little more marble off of those steps. My foot rooted itself to that marble, as the Holy Spirit grafted my soul into all those who had passed before me and to those yet to come. I paused in prayer, in communion and in gratitude.”
“In these times when we cannot leave home, the challenge of this season is nonetheless similar to our ancestors, what does it mean to follow God? Will we do the deep work to recognize, dismantle, and begin to reconcile the impact of European settlers on the indigenous people of this land?”
“Yet, Advent can be a communal offering: walking in hope, waiting expectantly for a baby to be born, and lighting candles into the night.”
“do not in desperation lay
the beauty of your tears upon the clay.”
“It struck me that this life that I believe is mine, that I am sure belongs to me, is not mine at all. I’m taking care of a property that really belongs to God.”
“We’ve had to be alert for so long already, but the things for which we have to be vigilant are still present.”
“Knock at that bible door! Pray for the-health of The World.”
“…that miracles surround us, but we miss them most of the time. We make it harder on ourselves to see the abundance of miracles that crowd around us because we too often look for the dazzling, the shockingly out of place.”