Summit, Spirit, Sky: connect to Creator, community and creation!
Summit, Spirit, Sky: connect to Creator, community and creation!
Day 18 — Joy That Endures Hardship Scripture: James 1:2 — “Consider it pure joy whenever you face trials of many kinds.” Reflection: Growth can be an outcome of loss and grief. Joy arises in the midst of the darkness, not without it. Joy is the response of resilience and hope to human suffering. Practice: Name one strength you’ve[…]
Day 17 — Joy in Being Fully Alive Scripture: John 10:10 – “I came that you may have life—and have it abundantly.” Reflection: Joy is not about things; it’s about aliveness. Where in your life do you give away your full participation and awareness? What brings you back to being focused and present to thr current moment? When[…]
Day 16 — Joy That Lifts the Lowly Scripture: Luke 1:52–53 — “God has brought down the powerful… and lifted up the lowly; filled the hungry with good things.” Reflection: Mary’s song — called the Magnificat — is a revolutionary hymn of joy for the marginalized. The mother of God imagined a world wherein her own[…]
Day 15 — Joy as Liberation Scripture: Luke 4:18 — “God has anointed me to bring good news to those who are poor… to set the oppressed free.” Reflection: Joy finds root through equitable conditions for all people. Yet that is not the world in which we live, so we are called to be advocates for justice for[…]
Day 14 — Joy Comes in the Morning Scripture: Psalm 30:5 — “Tears may linger for the night, but joy comes with dawn.” Reflection: In the longest nights and shortest days of the season, darkness seems especially powerful. Yet solstice is coming, and the rhythms of the world will chance. Out of lament, loss, and difficulties,[…]
