Summit, Spirit, Sky: connect to Creator, community and creation!
Summit, Spirit, Sky: connect to Creator, community and creation!
Daily Devotional for this week: https://jacksoncommunitychurch.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/hope_advent_devotional_booklet_cover.pdf ADVENT INTRODUCTION Each week we kindle a new light. Each day, in this countdown toward Christmas, we meditate on the courage and conviction that causes us to renew that flame again and again and again. The theme of each week offers us a gift of preparedness to live in[…]
INTERFAITH GATHERING 8am • Pavilion (behind Whitney Community Center) & Zoom link. Zoom link required. Gather for poetry & literature, prayer, conversation. VIRTUAL CHOIR PRACTICE (Zoom)9am • Zoom link required. TREE DECORATING9am • JCC front lawnPutting up Advent symbols of hope (stars) on the first outdoor Advent tree. Community engagement will continue throughout the season[…]
Pay attention to darkness. What are the gifts that darkness brings to you? Shade provides respite from glaring light or extreme heat. Night permits sleep and rejuvenation. Shadows reveal depth. Darkness is, in some ways, the absence of light and color. In other ways, it is the blending of many hues to create a deeper,[…]
Give thanks for laughter. What makes you smile today? What tickles your sense of humor? Laughter alleviates stress. Laughter expresses joy. Humor helps humans cope with the most challenging of circumstances. Laughter floods the body with good chemistry; it promotes healing and resilience. Give thanks for what amuses, delights, or surprises you. Cherish[…]
Notice what is still and calm, without motion or activity. Give thanks for this aspect of your world. A lake or pond, for instance, reflects like a mirror when still. It gives back the world to itself. It echoes and returns what is offered to it. A boulder or stone ledge has no[…]
