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The Cry for Submission: Letter from the Editor by Emily Fales
Feast of the Incarnation by Darren Prince.
My kids can make a party out of anything. For them, any reason big or small is cause for raucous celebration. We’ve worked it out where we pretty much just keep the costume bag close at hand and the box with the streamers and candles loaded and at-the-ready. Just in 2010 alone we’ve partied for…
The grace and the impatience to wait.
In our secret yearnings we wait for your coming, and in our grinding despair we doubt that you will. And in this privileged place we are surrounded by witnesses who yearn more than do we and by those who despair more deeply than do we. Look upon your church and its pastors in this season…
Waiting for the Coming of the King by Dewi Hughes.
‘Waiting’ is an interesting word. I was struck by it recently as we sang carols in our house church fellowship. It is in the last 2 lines of ‘Once in royal David’s city’ where the hymn writer is describing heaven: ‘When like stars, his children crowned All in white shall wait around.’ I must confess…
Sacred Spaces by US Board Member Lisa Kelly.
Shared from This Ignatian Life. There are the seven so-called wonders of the world. People make pilgrimages to Mecca and Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Lourdes. I’ve been to mountain tops in Croatia and sat on the beach that is the first on all the Earth to see a sun rise on a new day. And this…
December 2010
December is almost over as are many of the events we planned, many holidays to celebrate, many gifts to offer to our dear ones. Everybody seems to be in a hurry these days and of course one starts wondering about what Christmas really means. As followers of Christ, we may also be tempted to slowly…
december 2010
Dear Friends and Family, The days are quickly turning shorter as I begin my five-month leave of absence from my community in Moldova. It is with a strange mix of deep joy and sorrow that I transition into this next phase of life. I am sad to leave my life behind in Moldova: the sweet…
Chris Heuertz article posted on Washington Post!
Check it out! http://onfaith.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/guestvoices/2010/12/the_true_cost_of_protecting_human_dignity.html
Advent Day 19: Kingdom Coming.
I am making my peace with the cold. I generally despise the chill that comes with the end of summertime. When the temperature dips below 35 degrees (in the Midwest that’s sometime in October or November) I’m ready to go from house to car to destination and back again as quickly as humanly possible. And…
January 2011
December, 10, 2010 Dearest Friends and Family I recently returned from 16 days of intense yoga training. It was an extraordinary experience. Even though I travel the world and find home in some of the roughest, most heart-breaking places on the planet, somehow going to this unfamiliar yoga institute nestled in an isolated…
December 2010
1 December 2010 Happy Holidays Everyone! These last few weeks of the year can be so fun, full of simmering anticipation for the New Year. But as Phileena and I reflect back on 2010 we are grateful for your friendship, your prayers and the gifts you’ve made to help us continue our…