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Our very being reflects the sacred. The incarnation of God in human flesh is proof. “Have you ever noticed that the expression ’the light of the world’ is used to describe the Christ (John 8:12) but that Jesus also applies the same phrase to us? (Matthew 5:14, ’you are the light of the world.’)” (page 31, The Universal Christ ) I am beloved as a child of God, no matter what. How do my life and actions reflect my identity as God’s child?

“Blessed are you in whom the light lives, in whom the brightness blazes---your heart a chapel, an altar where in the deepest night can be seen the fire that shines forth in you in unaccountable faith, in stubborn hope, in love that illuminates every broken thing it finds.” Jan Richardson in Circle of Grace When I drop into the depths of the my heart and listen for God, what do I know in my bones as God’s calling over my life?

It doesn’t have to be the blue iris, it could be weeds in a vacant lot, or a few small stones; just pay attention, then patch a few words together and don’t try to make them elaborate, this isn’t a contest but the doorway into thanks, and a silence in which another voice may speak. Praying by Mary Oliver When I drop into the depths of the my heart and listen for God, what do I know in my bones as God’s calling over my life?

Let us seek out quiet to hear the voice that brings peace by gently saying, “do not be afraid.” “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Look, the young woman is with child and shall bear a son, and shall name him Immanuel.” Isaiah 7: 14 When I drop into the depths of the my heart and listen for God, what do I know in my bones as God’s calling over my life?

“And God will delight when we are creators of justice and joy, compassion and peace: yes, God will delight when we are creators of justice, justice and joy!” “For Everyone Born,” chorus Hymn #769, Glory to God How do the spaces I inhabit reflect God’s justice and joy? What am I being called to create in order to further goodness in the world this day?

“Earth’s crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God, But only he who seeks takes off his shoes.” ~Elizabeth Barrett Browning How do the spaces I inhabit reflect God’s justice and joy? What am I being called to create in order to further goodness in the world this day?

“Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world this is within our reach.” ~Clarissa Pinkola Estes How do the spaces I inhabit - at home, work, and in community - reflect God’s justice and joy? What am I being called to create in order to further goodness in the world this day?

“One of the most calming and powerful actions you can do to intervene in a stormy world is to stand up and show your soul. Struggling souls catch light from other souls who are fully lit and willing to show it.” Clarissa Pinkola Estes How do the spaces I inhabit reflect God’s justice and joy? What am I being called to create in order to further goodness in the world this day?

“Steadfast love and faithfulness meet; righteousness and peace kiss each other. Faithfulness springs up from the ground, and righteousness looks down from the sky.” Psalm 85: 10-11 How do the spaces I inhabit reflect God’s justice and joy? What am I being called to create in order to further goodness in the world this day?

“B ut let justice roll down like water and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.” Amos 5:24 How do the spaces I inhabit reflect God’s justice and joy? What am I being called to create in order to further goodness in the world this day?

This year’s Advent devotional uses a new format. In place of longer written pieces, each day offers a scripture, an image, and a short meditation. It’s simple, flexible, and easy to enter at any point in the season. (this prayer may be used to receive and release using the rhythm of your breathing) Somewhere someone needs help. Send love. It matters. If you can’t get there yourself, then take a deep breath, Breathe in the weight of their troubles. Breath out and send all thos

This year’s Advent devotional uses a new format. In place of longer written pieces, each day offers a scripture, an image, and a short meditation. It’s simple, flexible, and easy to enter at any point in the season. God of Love, By your grace we seek to be wise and courageous, to speak the truth boldly, to stand for the good. May we do so in your Spirit, gently and humbly present for others. By your grace may we desire to be loving instead of being right, to listen instead

This year’s Advent devotional uses a new format. In place of longer written pieces, each day offers a scripture, an image, and a short meditation. It’s simple, flexible, and easy to enter at any point in the season. “Walk cheerfully over the world, answering that of God in every one.” George Fox How do I see the sacred in other people this day?

This year’s Advent devotional uses a new format. In place of longer written pieces, each day offers a scripture, an image, and a short meditation. It’s simple, flexible, and easy to enter at any point in the season. “The glory of God is the human person fully alive.” ~St. Irenaeus When do I see the sacred in other people this day?

This year’s Advent devotional uses a new format. In place of longer written pieces, each day offers a scripture, an image, and a short meditation. It’s simple, flexible, and easy to enter at any point in the season. When we look through the lens of the sacred, we prepare our senses to recognize the holy in all people. “This is the one of whom the prophet Isaiah spoke when he said ‘The voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths

This year’s Advent devotional uses a new format. In place of longer written pieces, each day offers a scripture, an image, and a short meditation. It’s simple, flexible, and easy to enter at any point in the season. When we look through the lens of the sacred, we prepare our senses to recognize the holy in all people. May God, who gives this patience and encouragement, help you live in complete harmony with each other, as is fitting for followers of Christ Jesus. Then

This year’s Advent devotional uses a new format. In place of longer written pieces, each day offers a scripture, an image, and a short meditation. It’s simple, flexible, and easy to enter at any point in the season. Open my eyes to the moments of resurrection that surround me every day. There is always something rising, opening to new life, budding and blossoming. Teach me to live awake that I may recognize the renaissance being celebrated in my midst at every moment. Make

This year’s Advent devotional uses a new format. In place of longer written pieces, each day offers a scripture, an image, and a short meditation. It’s simple, flexible, and easy to enter at any point in the season. “Like a great waterwheel, the liturgical year goes on relentlessly irrigating our souls, softening the ground of our hearts, nourishing the soil of our lives until the seed of the Word of God itself begins to grow in us, comes to fruit in us, ripens in us the spir

This year’s Advent devotional uses a new format. In place of longer written pieces, each day offers a scripture, an image, and a short meditation. It’s simple, flexible, and easy to enter at any point in the season. In the gift of this new day, in the gift of the present moment, in the gift of time and eternity intertwined let us be grateful let us be attentive let us be open to what has never happened before, in the gift of this new day, in the gift of the present moment, in

This year’s Advent devotional uses a new format. In place of longer written pieces, each day offers a scripture, an image, and a short meditation. It’s simple, flexible, and easy to enter at any point in the season. “I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth; do you not perceive it? I will make a wayin the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” Isaiah 43:19 How can I be present with others this day and shine as a beacon of hope?