… watching for the brushstrokes of God
“God of making and unmaking, of tearing down and re-creating, you are my home and habitation, my refuge and place of dwelling.
In your hollows I am re-formed, given welcome and benediction, beckoned to rest and rise again, made ready and sent forth.” ~ Jan Richardson, Night Visions
How are you re-formed?
“In the silence of a midwinter dusk, there is a sound so faint that for all you can tell it may be only the sound of the silence itself. You hold your breath to listen. You are aware of the beating of your heart. The extraordinary thing that is about to happen…” ~ Frederick Buechner
Do you hear it?
Remembering that it happened once,
We cannot turn away the thought,
As we go out, cold, to our barns
Toward the long night’s end, that we
Ourselves are living in the world
It happened in when it first happened… ~ Wendell Berry
Where do your thoughts turn?
When is the time for love to be born?
The inn is full on the planet earth,
And by a comet the sky is torn–
Yet Love still takes the risk of birth. ~ Madeleine L’Engle
When is the time?
“Walking, I am listening to a deeper way. Suddenly all my ancestors are behind me. Be still, they say. Watch and listen.” ~ Linda Hogan
What do you hear this Advent season?
“Who are the prophets? They are royal people, who penetrate mystery and see with the spirit’s eyes. In illuminating darkness they speak out. They are living, penetrating clarity. They are a blossom blooming only on the shoot that is rooted in the flood of light.” ~ Gabriele Uhlein OSF, Meditations with Hildegard of Bingen
With the Eyes of the Heart 