Category: Feasts / Seasons
Posted on December 28, 2013
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A Christmas Wish And then all that has divided us will merge And then compassion will be wedded to power And then softness will come to a world that is harsh and unkind And then both men and women will be gentle And then… Continue Reading “On the Third Day of Christmas”
Posted on December 27, 2013
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Not Celebrate? Not celebrate?Your burden is too great to bear? Your loneliness is intensified during this Christmas season? Your tears have no end? Not celebrate? You should lead the celebration! You should run through the streets to ring the bells and sing the loudest!… Continue Reading “On the Second Day of Christmas”
Posted on December 26, 2013
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The Christmas Star in the night sky, the shining of the Christmas light in the night – all this is the sign that light breaks into darkness. Though we see about us the darkness of unrest, of family discord, of class struggle, of competitive… Continue Reading “On the First Day of Christmas”
Category: ChristmasTags: christmas decorations, christmas lights, christmas tree, dominican sisters of san rafael, garlands, madona, matthew 4:16, photo, photography, quote, rose court, san francisco, the christmas star
Posted on December 25, 2013
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From our table to yours, have a Happy and Blest Christmas.
Posted on December 24, 2013
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And on Christmas Eve, this simple thought: I searched God’s lexicon to fathom “Bethlehem” and “Calvary.” It simply said: See “Love.” – Gordon Gilsdorf
Category: AdventTags: advent, christmas, christmas eve, flower, gordon gilsdorf, Love, nature, photo, post-processing, quote, rose
Posted on December 23, 2013
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I love this poem by T.S. Elliot, and so I quote it in its entirety, even though it is a bit lengthy. This is the last of the poems from the Education of Justice website. I do hope you have enjoyed them! The Journey… Continue Reading “The Journey of the Magi”
Category: AdventTags: advent, barn, Collected Poems 1909-1962, education for justice, engels farm, farm house, photo, photography, poetry, south dakota, stalks of corn, t.s. elliot, the journey of the magi, windmill
Posted on December 22, 2013
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We know them as Three Wise Men, and one thing brought them together over the miles of rough terrain. May our hearts also be One. This is the only way we will find peace. A Story of Some Truly Wise Men By Christine Rodgers… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: One”
Category: AdventTags: a story of some truly wise men, advent, christine rodgers, education for justice, lake, lake tahoe, night, poetry, postaday, star, starry night, tahoe, weekly photo challenge
Posted on December 21, 2013
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Birthing By Mark Unbehagen How does one birth peace. . . in a world that seems to prefer the profits of war? How can one birth hope. . . in a time when devastation is born of poverty and pandemic? How does one birth… Continue Reading “Are We Ready? It’s Almost Here!”
Category: AdventTags: advent, birthing, casa de cuna, child, child at play, education for justice, mark unbehagen, mexico, photo, photography, poetry, slide, tijuana
Posted on December 20, 2013
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The Ledge of Light by Jessica Powers I have climbed up out of a narrow darkness on to a ledge of light. I am of God; I was not made for night. Here there is room to lift my arms and sing. Oh, God… Continue Reading “The Ledge of Light”
Category: AdventTags: advent, dawn, education for justice, farmland, highlander center, jessica powers, photo, photography, poetry, selected poetry of jessica powers, smoky mountains, sunrise, tennessee
Posted on December 19, 2013
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Presence by Stephen Leake Across the dark, a robin learns the Winter. A candle dissolves; frank and sensuous Against the extending light. The streets remain illegible with snow. I travel through you; uncurling Where weather decorates the night And naves of Christmas pines Grasp… Continue Reading “Presence”
Category: AdventTags: advent, education for justice, nature, park bench, photo, photography, picnic bench, poetry, presence stephen leake, snow, yosemite national park
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