Born of clay and fire passing the days unnoticed steadfast all day long.
Advent 2 – Strength
Advent 1 – Promise
Advent is about waiting in hope for a promise to be fulfilled. But waiting is never easy. Even when there is a promise of delivery, it is difficult to remain patient as we wait to discover if the promise will be realized or overlooked.
Advent 2021
It has been a couple years since I did an Advent photo challenge. In an attempt to reconnect with a sense of normalcy, I'm going to take this on again this year. I'm starting a couple days late, so for the first couple days, I'll be doubling up on words.
Pearls, Starfish, Life
Pearls, treasures, wants, dreams Foolish, risky, courageous, daring Detachment, redefining, recognition, living All these words and ideas came out during a discussion of a very short story. A story of only 32 words by Jesus. Yes, one of the parables. I’m participating in a series of discussions focused on the book, Short Stories by Jesus. The author... Continue Reading →
Our Global Village and Neighbors
I recently read a post proposing that we were designed or meant to hold and respond to the hardships that happened in our village, not the world, and that we are suffering from our emotional circuit breakers being overloaded. I get it. It’s been an exhausting five and half years…at least. As citizens of the world, more... Continue Reading →
Emerging…From the Ground and the Pandemic
What is hopefully, and looking like, the end of the pandemic for us on the East Coast, is also as I write this, the middle of the emergence of billions, maybe trillions, of Brood X 17-year cicadas. And the epicenter is here, metro Washington, DC. We are out in the suburbs but not in the... Continue Reading →
Spring, Nesting, “Normal”
I seem to be working from a place of urgency lately. We have had some projects going on at home that I’m suddenly aware of feeling as though I’m nesting. Last month we cut down a maple tree in our front yard and we still have the logs gathered together and to the side. We... Continue Reading →
BOTH Joy AND Heartbreak
It’s spring, and the gorgeous Kwanzan cherry trees are at peak bloom here in metro DC. While we’ve had a bit of rain this spring, we’ve also had some spectacularly clear blue skies. The fig tree is putting forth shoots, gifted lilies of the valley plants are finally showing buds this year, and while a... Continue Reading →
Upsetting and Flipping Things
Flipping tables and chasing people away. I’ve always liked that story. What story? The Gospel story from this past Sunday, from John 2:13-22. It’s the story of Jesus arriving at the temple in Jerusalem and not liking what he sees, he starts chasing merchants and money changers out with a whip and turning their tables... Continue Reading →
Holding Loosely…and Tightly
That was the theme for a two conference over the first weekend of February. The sub-themes for the sessions that included everyone were Holding…Beginning, Grief, Space and What’s Next. Last year’s theme, Practice Not Perfect, and this year’s seem to meld into each other. And the year in-between spoke so well to both. Last year... Continue Reading →