This photo brings back a wonderful memory of being with grandchildren….that moment of snuggling with them in my lap, sharing a story.  One never knows when a word or phrase will echo deeply within and find a home forever.  It’s important to tell the story! Sunday is the first day of the Advent Season, a time for telling once again the story of the birth of the Christ Child.  It is an old, old story, yet by the power of God’s Spirit present with us, the story is always new.

I invite you to come travel this journey of Advent with me.  The birth story becomes in some way our own birth story, not only individually, but also collectively with those who travel the journey together.  Let’s picture in our minds those persons with whom we want to travel.  This journey has no boundaries of time or place!  I can travel with my Grandpa who is in Heaven, with a stranger across the world, with a friend who lives in another place.  We are all united in the same Spirit and are brought close in the journey. In her book “Simple Abundance” Sarah Ban Breathnach says, “For each of us there is a desert to travel, a star to discover, and a being within ourselves to bring to life.”  I will be sharing the story, but God will be speaking to each of us and to all of us.  Each day of Advent, Monday through Friday, our focus will be on a phrase from the lyrics of a Christmas Carol.

The full moon calls to me.  What a beautiful way to begin our journey through the night toward Bethlehem!  The full moon is a gift.  Find a time to go outside Sunday evening and in the abundant stillness experience the breath of God.  Our journey together begins….

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