by Sybil Macbeth | Dec 5, 2014 | Praying in Color
There are many postings about the “proper” Advent color: PURPLE or BLUE? Anglicans, Episcopalians, and some Lutherans seem to be moving towards blue. Some people have strong feelings about their color choices with carefully-crafted historical or...
by Sybil Macbeth | Dec 4, 2014 | Praying in Color
I love setting up the crèche in early December with only the animals and shepherds. We use rosemary and thyme clippings plus some holly branches and evergreens from our yard to create a stable effect. Mary and Joseph are nowhere near the manger. They either hide out...
by Sybil Macbeth | Dec 3, 2014 | Praying in Color
Advent is not just the waiting and watching we do in December as we prepare for the annual celebration of the birth of Jesus. Advent is the training ground for how to live as watchful, expectant people the entire year. Expectancy (as I’ve said in other posts) is...
by Sybil Macbeth | Dec 2, 2014 | Praying in Color
One of my favorite Advent traditions is planting bulbs in a clear container with stones and water. Potting soil or a potting medium will also work. Once the little roots get going, they will wiggle in and out around the stones. You can almost watch the plants grow....
by Sybil Macbeth | Dec 1, 2014 | Praying in Color
Today is the first of the four Sundays of Advent. My expectations of these four weeks called Advent are probably at least as unreasonable as the ones I have about Christmas. I expect Advent to be a time of lush spiritual preparation for the “coming” of...
