Posted in Church Year on Dec 13th, 2011
It’s the third week of Advent. Each night, we light two purple candles and a pink one on our Advent wreath. In a recent post, Patricia Spreng wrote that Advent snuck up on her and she didn’t have her Advent wreath out yet, but hey, she’d wear her purple suit coat to church on the [...]
Posted in Church Year on Dec 6th, 2011
“Who will show us the way to Bethlehem?” Gathered in Julia’s living room, we sit in a half-circle, some dozen volunteers in our church’s Godly Play program, sprawled on sofas and chairs and the floor. Debbie sits before us, a large piece of purple felt spread on the floor. “This is the season of Advent,” [...]
Posted in Church Year on Nov 28th, 2011
I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in God’s word I hope; my soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning more than those who watch for the morning. –Psalm 130:5-6 Each of the four weeks of Advent has a watchword. The word for this first week is [...]
I am a reader (I feel about books the way some people feel about chocolate: yum), a writer (I've written a book, even: The Circle of Seasons: Meeting God in the Church Year), and a mother (of four). So that's what I blog about: reading, writing, and raising my kids.
