The Season of the Heart – Dec. 16, 2020
The Time of forgiveness for injuries past,The Sacrament of sharing without balancing the deed,The Moment of remembrance of graces forgotten,The Poem of joy making light the spirit,The Sense of renewal restoring the soul,The Day of thanksgiving for the goodness of God.CHRISTMAS IS THE SEASON OF THE HEART. -Howard Thurman, The Mood of Christmas & Other […]
Thanksgiving – Nov. 28, 2019
Let the heavens and the Earth rejoice, Let the waves of the ocean roar, Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains rumble with joy, Let the meadows sing out together, Let the trees of the forest exult. –Stephen Mitchell, excerpt from “Psalm 98”, A Book of Psalms: Selected and Adapted from the Hebrew, […]
Radical Presence
Thanksgiving and Advent are just three days apart this year. So this week’s Gospel reading* of Jesus’ crucifixion serves as unusual, dual preparation. I sense an invitation to deep reflection on the account of Jesus’ death and how it might prepare me this year to engage the upcoming weeks with radical presence. I have taken […]
