Posted in anticipation on December 5, 2007 | 4 Comments »
the words just keep returning to my mind…
Make ready for the Christ
Whose smile,
like lightning,
Sets free the song of everlasting glory
That now sleeps,
in your paper flesh,
like dynamite.
That power within us? How can it be? What can it mean? How do we live if we truly believe such a blessed absurdity?
In every small moment [...]
Posted in 1 on December 5, 2007 | 1 Comment »
the last couple of weeks have been tough. They at moments are overwhelming and make you sit back and say…huh? I want to move from that space and I wanted to see with new eyes. Today, just for a moment, I remembered how life really can be beautiful…
Someone on the 134 freeway blew up a [...]
Posted in reminders, thanksgiving, tagged bad news, good news, noah, the ark on December 5, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Last night at the college we were reading the story of Noah and his ark, which to our great loss we relegate to the Sunday school.
We spoke about the flood of darkness and evil that at times seems to overwhelm the world and destroy life.
We spoke of God’s work in restraining evil, how he separated [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on December 5, 2007 | 2 Comments »
In the last few years I have often turened to the poems and prayers of J. Barrie Shepherd this advent prayer I simply share today.
An Advent Prayer By J.Barrie Shepherd
Lord, Even in these high and holy days that lie ahead there will be valleys, quiet moments of aloneness, of desolation, of remembering loved ones absent, [...]
Posted in reminders, surprises on December 5, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Last night I had trouble sleeping. This happens from time to time. Normally it’s a cause for frustration, but last night I lay in my bed and listened.
I heard the wind whipping around the outside of our house. I heard the rain battering the skylight. I could hear the sound of [...]
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Lucy, my four year old daughter, got out of the car and spotted the spotty dog, a dalmation.
It bounded over - friendly looking to me, fierce to her.
Lucy jumped into my arms like a greyhound out of the traps and said
Where is its man?
Indeed.
Posted in musings, reminders on December 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A friend reminded me of The Four Quartets by TS Eliot and this from the last quartet seemed somehow appropriate to the season
With the drawing of this Love and the voice of this Calling
We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the [...]
