Sing your song!
And now we make our way towards God’s work. Now we hear our names called. Now we sing our song with Mary even in our deepest fears and darknesses. In…
oops
So… the Christmas cake … the one which was supposed to sit and stew in Scotch for months on end, accidentally was cut into, by me, during the recent “Blizzard…
Advent’s Star, God’s foot
Skin so soft. What of the fragility of a God who would become a baby? What of a small foot, held by a teenager, kissed by three kings, licked by…
God becoming man and getting some …awsome merchandise …which nobody misplaced
We are two weeks away from Christmas. It is at about this time of year that I begin to obsess about the three wise men. Or kings. Or Scientists. Or…
suffering, and Peace on Earth
What would you think of a mother whose child was lost in a mall and who was aware of looking for said child but was also willing to check out…
the trickster’s Advent
These are our Cafe au Lait bowls, a candle, some notes and conversation-diagrams- the result of hours of early morning conversation about friendship, life, love, work, God. We each ask…
“Can you hear me now?”
I was chatting with a friend recently about a conversation we were scheduling. It was to be held on a Sabbath day when I am at the pottery studio, firing…
moistening
Advent is a moist time. That’s not a word I usually use. It makes people cringe. Universally. But it is a great word for advent. Moist. This brick wall in…
hosting Advent’s friendship with God
Friendship is a topic I have found fascinating all my life. As a child I did not have many friends and now that I am older, I cherish them more…
making our music
This band has been playing across the street from the coffee shop in which I am writing these days. I love watching how much they love their music. When they…