Christmas Grace, 2018 Amidst the cold bells tolling, the clamours of this broken world, We have reason to rejoice in hope and proclaim the glory of the Word Made Flesh- Announce it with clarity and Announce it with joy! Gloria in Excelsis Deo! Hodie, Christus natus est! Glory to God in the Highest! Christ is…

Advent Grace And so the world in winter waits, latitude not withstanding… Some wait at borders and in camps, uncertain of home or place; some at bedsides, where time no longer has meaning. Those for whom the night is too long, they wait for dawn to rise. The animals in tufted hidey-holes wait for the…

Advent I, 2018 While the circumstances and specificity  of sightings will vary, let the Knowing unfold its wings and dance for our senses while still damp,  trembling with the wonder of grace and joy. And the Everlasting shall thrum beneath and within and around and through in proclamatory hope: Here and now  with the world…

My day began with extraordinary moments this morning.  Moments all the more wonderful for their simplicity. Bundled into a bright red wool coat that I found at a second hand shop my first year living here, I cleaned the frost from the windshield and was driving to the farmer’s market around 7 AM.  As I…

Word Made Flesh What is my account of how and where and when and to what end I have embodied Word? We all need saving now and again. I don’t mean saving because my soul is in danger of wilting or wasting or slipping away because of  boxes ticked or those left unmarked. I mean…

My morning has left me more than a bit astounded.  Even before heading to the Public Gardens for a good while, I had been given the gift of light in different ways…the Light blooming early and brilliant against the blue outside; the light of warmth that spreads after the first sip of coffee; the gentle…