Here is my final Advent calendar for 2010. Drawing each day (well, most days) helped me to focus on the season. It gave me a disciplined way to pray for people and with words associated with Advent. Now we are on the Day 2 of Christmas. Maybe I should draw a Twelve...
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Merry Christmas
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6 (KJV) A Merry and Blessed Christmas to You!
Zechariah Advent
Today is the last day of my Zechariah Advent. When the angel of the Lord announces Elizabeth's pregnancy to Zechariah, old Zechariah questions the ludicrous possibility. His disbelief earns him nine months of muteness (Luke 1:11-22). My voice, unlike Zechariah's, did...
Advent Calendar 2010
This year's Advent calendar is a combination of a stained glass window and a Jesse Tree. The Jesse Tree is a way to track the lineage of Jesus through the story of God in the Hebrew Scriptures. Isaiah 11:1 (NIV) says, "A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse;...
Waiting and Listening
Waiting and listening sound like noble and holy practices for Advent. But I've done more waiting and listening this Advent than I care to. Our first Sunday in Michigan, I went to our new church and sang with gusto. Two days later, I went to an evening worship service,...
Holiday Blues
A friend of mine sent me an email the other day with the cryptic subject line: Oxymoronic Invitation. "Come hear Holiday Blues at Neil's (a local restaurant/bar that hosts twice-a-month jam sessions for Memphis blues musicians)." But her double entendre about the...
Advent 2010
Today is the first Sunday in Advent, the four weeks preceding Christmas. Tradition marks this day as the beginning of a new liturgical year in the Church. During Advent Christians prepare, pray, and wait for the coming of the Savior on Christmas. Christians, in...
Miracles
Ten days ago I was in Jerusalem celebrating Shabbat with twenty clergy friends and spouses from Memphis. We were Jews and Christians. We were Christians of six or seven denominations. We were white and African-American. We were youngish and oldish. I've never really...
Praying in Color Drawing
A couple of months ago, a woman sent me a prayer drawing she had made for her family. It is so beautiful I wanted to share it. Linda is a REAL artist with a website to prove it. When I look at the drawing, however, it does not discourage me or humiliate me for my...
Praying in Color & the Airways
Many thanks to my friend Sharon P. for this guest blog post. I’d like to ‘testify’ how Praying in Color kept me from throwing my phone through a window and my self-respect along with it. Let it be known that (unlike Sybil) I CAN draw a cat. Or at least a recognizable...