Suggested Listening: “Doxology” by Phil Wickham https://youtu.be/J228TzlS9Co?si=JmxRFkSko62EyXN1 Praise God from whom all blessings flowPraise Him all creatures here belowPraise Him above you heavenly hostsPraise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost~Bishop Thomas Ken, c. 1674~ “Let praise … not merely thanksgiving, but praise—always form an ingredient of thy prayers.We thank God for what He is to us;… Continue reading Doxology
Listening suggestion: “All Things New” sung by Big Daddy Weave “Summer and winter and springtime and harvestSun, moon and stars in their courses aboveJoin with all nature in manifold witnessTo Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.”~Thomas O. Chisholm~ “Now the Lord God had planted a garden.”~Genesis 2:8~ Here’s to a new year, stretched out before… Continue reading New
“The wind is moving but I am standing stillA life of pages waiting to be filled.”~Place in this World, Michael W. Smith~ “Forget the former things;Do not dwell on the past.See, I am doing a new thing!Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?I am making a way in the wildernessAnd streams in the… Continue reading Solstice
“In the Bleak Midwinter,” rendition by Julia Bloom https://open.spotify.com/track/4Zsq1ULPQoX3vVuM3DHyuu?si=frCQXUMnQ0-X9g4vGCjYwg&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A3BBucEuF6lhWhzsq9djuZs “In the bleak mid-winterFrosty wind made moanThe earth stood hard as ironWater like a stoneHow snow had fallenSnow on snow on snowIn the bleak mid-winterLong, long agoWhat can I give himPoor as I am?If I were a shepherd I would bring a lambAnd if I were… Continue reading Advent: Love
An Unhurried Hallow: Joy “Darkness was cheap,and Scrooge liked it.”~Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol~ “The Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.”~Psalms 18:28~ Traditionally, our third candle is pink, the liturgical color that represents joy. The third Sunday in Advent has been referred to as Gaudete Sunday. As Philippians 4:1 admonishes us: “Rejoice in the… Continue reading Advent: Joy
An Unhurried Hallow: Peace “Peace I leave with you; my peace I given you.I do not give to you as the world gives.Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.”~John 14:27~ “Above all, trust in the slow work of God.We are quite naturally impatient in everything to reach the end without… Continue reading Advent: Peace
An Unhurried Hallow: Hope “We are so attached to…our fast, experiential, adrenaline-addicted culturethat we confidently call physical spikes energy and spiritual spikes inspiration.”~ABC, The Sacred Slow, p. 3~ And in the early morning,while it was still dark,He arose and went out and departed to a lonely place,and was praying there.~James 4:8~ What am I looking… Continue reading Advent: Hope
Bing Crosby’s https://youtu.be/moHobaO9TlM?si=M8EMag0i1Ay_R8Qp The fall colors are still swirling around us, and our leaves yet need to be raked up, my dahlia tubers dug up and garlic cloves planted before the impending freeze of the season, and yet the commercial world of Christmas is popping up in the aisles. While radio stations may be holding… Continue reading Silent Night
https://youtu.be/IoHHsQg8pYY?si=AUUa9z61zKQvgrxw “Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations.”~Psalm 90:1~ “And so there would always be more to remember that could no longer be seen.This is one of the things I can tell you that I have learned:our life here is in some way marginal to our own doings,and our doings are marginal… Continue reading Shelter
https://youtu.be/JKmqyQUDehs?si=cKV9K40jF5tQuxgM “Oh, Marilla, I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers!”~L.M.Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables~ “Mrs. Miniver suddenly understood why she was enjoying the forties so much better than she had enjoyed the thirties: it was the difference between August and October,between the heaviness of late summer and the sparkle of… Continue reading October
A Walk Down Chamomile Lane 