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Advent Moment “art with meditations”
Welcoming the Advent season of “Coming” “waiting!” Some ask, “How do you spend your time leading up to Christmas?”
My reply is always eclectic because the way of entering advent is particular to where I am or rather we are as a family—place, relationally, spiritually, life as it is. Music is …
Spiritual Companionship
A gentle stroll and quiet moment with a companion. This can be practiced any time in your day where a break from the indoors, the fullness of work or school—a loving check-in with a friend is welcomed.
Prayer: quiet and stillness
“To share Centering Prayer with others is a preeminent way to fulfill our Christian mission “we are created in the image and likeness of God” and to open out to our brothers and sisters the Way, the Truth, and the Life; that is, the Good News.” (165) by M. Basil Pennington
POETRY. New Wineskins
Poetry. Imagination. New and old.
In the poem “wineskins” there is a bold offering to pay attention to new and old.
God Speaks Through Wombs by Drew Jackson “Wineskins” (94)
Each of the poem’s lines call out something is happening.
There is loss and letting go. We struggle with this. Yet what is invited is space, for making more room. The invitation is “organic reaction.”
When looking at the parable this poem is derived from Parable of the Wineskin, we see Jesus begins by giving us a hint at wine-making. He talks about wine making to engage his listeners into wonder and understanding of something deeper.
Let’s listen in to some of the wine making process. His listeners would have known…