Year A, Advent Three
Theme: Hard Work Quotes Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.Sigmund Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents When you live for a strong purpose, then hard work isn’t an option; it’s a necessity.Steve Pavlina Revised Common Lectionary Readings Isaiah 35:1-10, Reconsidered For the information of […]
Year A, Advent One
Theme: Raw and Ready Quotes A sage traveling all day is never far from the supplies in his cart, and however spectacular the views he remains calm and composed.Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching Invitation to Gather Before our eyes opened to this daynaught but darkness lay beneaththe lashes, closed, that sheltered us within the nightand let […]
Can we ever really understand?
This past Sunday was what is known in the Christian church as “Christ the King” Sunday. It’s the final Sunday in the Christian liturgical year and the culmination of all our readings and understanding. As I read the words of the scripture passages, I was flooded with the realization that we can barely understand each […]
we’d watched it come …
< p style=”text-align: center;”>I almost didn’t recognize it. The description was of something strange, yesterday’s materials, old clichés, and my little sister’s sorrows. Like a movie of your favourite book, all the characters transformed their faces not at all the ones you’d held so close. Or all the talking animals of your childhood books walking upright, disneyfied […]
intentionally focused contemplation: prayer beyond belief
Doesn’t it seem like the plethora of interactive electronic means for communication available to us has made it harder and harder for us to make time in our daily schedule to be truly attentive to those things that matter most in our lives: our relationships; the issues that are important to us; the values we […]