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Posted on November 30, 2014
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Our Advent Journey begins with the Gospel reading from Mark 13:33-37 Jesus said to his disciples:”Be watchful! Be alert! You do not know when the time will come. It is like a man traveling abroad. He leaves home and places his servants in charge, … Continue Reading “Today is the First Sunday of Advent”
Category: AdventTags: advent, awake, farm, Mark 13:33-37, nature, photo, quote, volcano, waiting, washington, watch, watchfulness
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
Posted on December 18, 2013
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May Christmas Come by Alan Jones The rough beast slouching toward Bethlehem, still waits to come to term. Christmas comes and goes as we expect. Nothing changes. This year in New York, Jerusalem and Kabul, the Innocents are slaughtered according to Herod’s schedule. His… Continue Reading “May Christmas Come”
Category: AdventTags: advent, alan jones, coffee, education for justice, El Salvador, fair trade coffee, may christmas come, mother and child, mother and daughter, photo, photography, poetry, salvadoran mother
Posted on December 16, 2013
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The Christmas Tapestry By Michael Hare Duke The humdrum duties of the land, feeding the beasts, mucking out the straw provide the dull hessian background of the Christmas scene. Suddenly the tapestry is lit by glory’s gold and smirched by red threads of violence.… Continue Reading “The Christmas Tapestry”
Category: AdventTags: advent, ammunition, education for justice, michael hare duke, photo, photography, poetry, post-processing, silent night-7 o'clock news, simon and garfunkel, smithsonian museum of air and space, the christmas tapestry, washington dc, world war 2
Posted on December 15, 2013
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I love Wendell Berry’s poetry, so I was delighted to find this in the Advent collection on Education for Justice. The river takes the land, and leaves nothing. Where the great slip gave way in the bank and an acre disappeared, all human plans… Continue Reading “The Slip”
Category: AdventTags: advent, education for justice, fish, nature, photo, photography, poetry, pond, post-processing, the selected poems of wendell berry, the slip, wendell berry
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