Finding Your Star in the Darkness
It is Epiphany, the time we celebrate the kings, the star and the journey. But first we can ask, as we prepare ourselves for finding our star, how did the kings prepare […]
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Bringing the Stars (in)to Life
To see the stars it needs to be dark. In the long dark winter nights we have many opportunities to lift our gaze and stand in wonder at […]
International Newsletter Advent 2013
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Making Peace with Destiny – New Year’s Thoughts
What will the future bring? This is a question that comes naturally at the beginning of a new year. This angel present an olive branch, a symbol of peace. Noah […]
Darkness and the Nativity: a Contemplation
Many of the inner pictures connected with the birth of Christ, with the Nativity that we carry in our imaginations, place the light filled holy family into a protective sheath […]
Advent and Nelson Mandela
One of the greatest leaders of our time, the late Nelson Mandela once said… “As I walked out the prison door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, […]
In Silence
Be still. Listen to the stones of the wall. Be silent, they try To speak your Name. Listen To the living walls. Who are you? Who Are you? Whose Silence […]
A Prayer for Advent
Thou mothering earth Hast received the live seed Into the dark Good shelter of soil. The mantle of night Thrown wide over us, And the sun as it goes Its […]
November
Lord among the seven candles! Giver of the light undarkened! Helper of the souls who struggle With their passions’ bitter visage On the wide stairs of the Night— Thou who […]
Salvation is a Two-Way Path
Salvation is a word derived from the Greek meaning “preservation”. What is it that is being preserved? When God first created the human being, He was creating the blueprint for […]