Summit, Spirit, Sky: connect to Creator, community and creation!
Summit, Spirit, Sky: connect to Creator, community and creation!
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. — Matthew 5:9 Listen to me, my people, and give heed to me, my nation; for a teaching will go out from me, and my justicefor a light to the peoples. — Isaiah 51:4 ______________________________________ Lighting two candles may be considered an act[…]
Peace be within your walls. — Psalm 122:7 Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. — Isaiah 60:1 ______________________________________ The two Advent candles create more light together. The pair of lights suggest a relationship. Peaceful relationships involve communication, reciprocity, and cooperation. People connected in[…]
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid. — John 14:27 You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you, and light will shine[…]
Those of steadfast mind you keep in peace—in peace because they trust in you. — Isaiah 26:3 Then your light shall break forth like the dawn,and your healing shall spring up quickly;your vindicator shall go before you, the glory of the Lordshall be your rear guard. — Isaiah 58:8 ______________________________________ When you light Advent candles[…]
The Peace of Wild Things — Wendell BarryWhen despair for the world grows in meand I wake in the night at the least soundin fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,I go and lie down where the wood drakerests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.I come into[…]
