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Christ In Me, With Me, For Me
This Advent, God’s been inviting me to live in the reality that Christ is in me, with me, and for me. I noticed, when I undertook a task or wrote a post, that I was not alone. I felt accompanied … Continue reading
Posted in Advent, Christmas, compassion, Mindfulness, Mystical, Reflections, Seed Cracked Open
Tagged awareness, Christian.Rudman, David G.Benner, grosskopf_photography, Holy Ground, Klezmatics, L'océan à Langland, Marie, presence, Presence and Encounter, self-preoccupation, stillness, Woody Guthrie
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Uncontainable Love
Love cannot be contained. It comes as a fireball of gloryand, when it meets resistance,is not stoppedbut spills –yellow, orange, and purple–all over the sky, land, and sea. Christmas may not come as expected.Dare I say, it likely won’t.You may have … Continue reading
Posted in Advent, Christmas, Creation, Mystical, Poetry, Reflections
Tagged Advent, As Kingfishers Catch Fire, Christ plays in ten thousand places, Esther Hizsa, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Gerard van Honthorst, Gerry Brague, MIke Lathrop, Shifting Skies over the Salish Sea, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver, The Adoration of the Shepherds
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Where Peace Finds Me
I’m waiting for the peace that comes when I know what to do,do it, and nothing goes wrong(or at least the unforeseen is manageable). It doesn’t take much to keep me awake at night,weighing the same optionsover and overand longing for sleep. I’ve … Continue reading
Turn to Wonder
“I have wonderful news:the Hoped-for-One,the Birthing you’ve longed forin the depths of your soul,has come, oh yes, has come!”— Joyce Rupp Really?I can’t see it happening.I long to be birthed into long stretches of unrattled moments,moments of easeand wholenessuntinged with disappointment. Will Your coming calm the sea of my lifefree me from my paralyzing thoughtssatisfy my hunger?This wafer … Continue reading
Advent 3: Restless
And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” –Luke 9:58 (NRSVUE) I want to lay my head on the satisfactionof believing that … Continue reading
Advent 2: Trust
Life is a succession of dyings and risings. At the center of the Eucharist, we proclaim, “Christ has died, Christ is risen, and Christ will come again.”–Richard Rohr’s Daily Meditation, November 27, 2022 This morning I saw minuscule buds on my … Continue reading
Posted in Advent, Christmas, Poetry, Prayer, Reflections
Tagged Advent, Candle 006, Center for Action and Contemplation, Christmas Cactus, Esther Hizsa, How the Light Comes, Jan L. Richardson, Jonathan Assink, Richard Rohr, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver, Steven Severinghaus, the glory of dawn, worldoflard
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