Advent: Behold Jesus

Advent: Behold Jesus

This December blog is brought to you by the word Behold with a hint of prose.   Behold.   In autumn Sun greets the day full of reds and oranges, golds and yellows.   Leaves – once green, crisp up, curling in the drying air loosening their grip upon...
Creativity and the Work of Waiting

Creativity and the Work of Waiting

“Waiting is an art that our impatient age has forgotten. It wants to break open the ripe fruit when it has hardly finished planting the shoot.”  -Dietrich Bonhoeffer   For the one who creates, waiting may be the hardest space to occupy during the creative...
Advent’s Slow Invitation

Advent’s Slow Invitation

When I was a child, airport trips to pick up incoming family members accentuated the wonder of the holidays. We walked from the wood-paneled station wagon all the way to the airport arrival gate, just off the taxiway. Dressed in our Sunday best, we strolled the...
“Keep Your O” – The Christmas Antiphons

“Keep Your O” – The Christmas Antiphons

The Advent tradition of the O Antiphons used in liturgical worship through prayer and song starts December 17 and continues through December 23.  Each of the seven O Antiphons focuses on a prophetic title of Jesus. May this lead us to gaze afresh on Him.   To consider...

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