Thank you Rev. Diana. As I sit here squeezing sermon writing inbetween meetings, and pastoral care calls, on-line shopping (for both church and family/friends) and all the secular, and beautiful in their own way, tasks of the day ... if I had the chance to stop for the moment ... and then I did stop, just for the moment, to open my Advent "calendar" from you. A few days behind .. but thats ok. A chance to focus for a moment, hear the Word, and the world around, and, as Julian of Norwich (is that spelled right my dyslexic mind asks?!) sort of said, Remember ... It is well ... all will be well ... all will .. Be
Madeleine L'Engle has been one of my most favorite authors since childhood. One of my most favorite quotes from her is "Prayer is love and love is never wasted." I don't remember which book it came from, but the context came in response to people praying for her husband during his battle with cancer. I have not read Miracle on 10th street, but I will be searching for it now.
Thank you for Madeleine L’Engle’s verse. I was struck the line “It needs us to look, to see,
To hear, and speak the Word.” So simple and yet so powerful a calling. Sometimes it is difficult to understand what we are to be about in this life. To observe and contemplate and then to speak the Word; to help others to see for themselves the Divine revealed all around us in simple and glorious ways. A simple lifestyle to be practiced. Thank you
Thank you Rev. Diana. As I sit here squeezing sermon writing inbetween meetings, and pastoral care calls, on-line shopping (for both church and family/friends) and all the secular, and beautiful in their own way, tasks of the day ... if I had the chance to stop for the moment ... and then I did stop, just for the moment, to open my Advent "calendar" from you. A few days behind .. but thats ok. A chance to focus for a moment, hear the Word, and the world around, and, as Julian of Norwich (is that spelled right my dyslexic mind asks?!) sort of said, Remember ... It is well ... all will be well ... all will .. Be
All of this “window”- Diana’s commentary and Madeline’s poem-speak to my soul.
WOW! This hit my heart.
Very insightful. (Both you and Madeleine L'Engle served as speakers for Women's Conference in Japan.)
Very insightful. (Both you and Madeleine L'Engle served as speakers for Women's Conference in Japan.)
Madeleine L'Engle has been one of my most favorite authors since childhood. One of my most favorite quotes from her is "Prayer is love and love is never wasted." I don't remember which book it came from, but the context came in response to people praying for her husband during his battle with cancer. I have not read Miracle on 10th street, but I will be searching for it now.
Thank you for this timely (much needed) reflection which I will carry with me this Advent season: Observe and contemplate…
Thank you for Madeleine L’Engle’s verse. I was struck the line “It needs us to look, to see,
To hear, and speak the Word.” So simple and yet so powerful a calling. Sometimes it is difficult to understand what we are to be about in this life. To observe and contemplate and then to speak the Word; to help others to see for themselves the Divine revealed all around us in simple and glorious ways. A simple lifestyle to be practiced. Thank you