Advent Meditation–Immanuel
God’s covenant with His people is recorded early in history: the rainbow as a sign of His promise not to destroy the earth again, a promise to Abraham to increase his descendants to as many as the...
View ArticleAn Advent Tapestry–Be A Womb
The Holy Night by Carlo Maratta “Be a womb. Be a dwelling for God. Be surprised.” Loretta Ross-Gotta In our darkest moments, within the darkest place inside us, we nurture something more precious...
View ArticleRekindling the Burning Bush
When the people saw the thunder and lightning and heard the trumpet and saw the mountain in smoke, they trembled with fear. They stayed at a distanceand said to Moses, “Speak to us yourself and we...
View ArticleA Canticle for Advent: Turn Our Darkness Into Light
O come, O come, Emmanuel, and ransom captive Israel, that mourns in lonely exile here until the Son of God appear. Refrain: Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel. O come, thou Rod of...
View ArticleA Living Mystery
To be a witness does not consist in engaging in propaganda or even in stirring people up, but in being a living mystery: it means to live in such a way that one’s life would not make sense if God did...
View ArticlePreparing the Heart: Ignite the Burning Bush
Then the Lord said to him, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.” Exodus 3:5 When the people saw the thunder and lightning and heard the trumpet and saw the...
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