One week… two winter weddings. On Wednesday bride and groom stood at the front of the church to take their vows. Before them stood what had once been just pieces of driftwood. The pieces had been put together to form a rough cross and then took form as it was dressed with all sorts of [...]
Archive for December 22nd, 2007
To have and to hold
Posted in 1, tagged beauty, weddings on December 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
on the crookedshore in advent
Posted in musings, tagged advent, crookedshore, scotland on December 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Things I saw on the crookedshore today, two days from the end of Advent:
my sun-lengthened shadow falling lightly on the seaweed at the head of the beach;
my smiling dog flat out chasing a black crow, who teased him by never climbing more that 2 metres off the sand;
the clear air revealing the hilly coast of [...]
The Time is Now
Posted in musings, rebukes, reminders on December 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »
There were no formerly heroic times, and there was no formerly pure generation. There is no one here but us chickens, and so it has always been: a people busy and powerful, knowledgeable, ambivalent, important, fearful and self-aware; a people who scheme, promote, deceive and conquer; who pray for their loved ones, and long to [...]
to share light
Posted in musings, thanksgiving, tagged joy, light within, participating on December 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I saw light this week in the midst of over-excited children and over-frustrated and angry adults. I saw it again today amidst harried drivers and frantic shoppers. I saw it in a quiet conversation with a lonely daughter, laughing with the same daughter browsing at our local ‘hippie’ store. It was there each place I [...]
