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Tonight I spied with my little eye a Waxing Gibbous Moon (when we see more than half of the moon illuminated and less than half in shadow) as I returned from Lessons and Carols. I find comfort in looking at the moon knowing others I know might be glimpsing the same wonder. #cloudofwitnessesnightskytoo #2advent #creatorofthestarsofnight #hymn60 #californiadreamingAnother little plot of God’s garden. Blesses. Restores. #sightforalleyes #cloudofwitnessescarmelIt may have been the longest drive I’ve ever had from Northern to Southern California - 12.5 hours for what is normally 5 hr 15, but I covered some territory never spied before and the view from the driver’s seat not only didn’t disappoint, but also inspired. #grapevinewasclosedafterall #californiafireseasonofficiallyover #californiablue #californiabeautiful #cloudofwitnessescoverthiscountry #lookupandoutnotdownandout #ontheroadagain #overthemeadowandthroughthewoods #500miles #more- Follow Trinity Seasons EPISTLES on WordPress.com
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Worship: not a show, so show-offs need not apply
1 Corinthians 14:38 As in all the churches of the saints, 39So, my friends,* be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues; 40but all things should be done decently and in order. Paul is writing today to … Continue reading
Don’t panic, be still. God’s called you to this
The rector with whom I am blessed to be serving often reminds the people that the two most important days in one’s life are not their birthday and the day they die – as most will reply when asked – but the … Continue reading
Leaning in when all you want to do is run away
I didn’t get past the first psalm reading this morning, it echoed so closely to the lament heard from a colleague just yesterday. A colleague who for all intents and purposes seemed to have all her ducks in a row. … Continue reading
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Tagged chaos, Faith, lean in, lectionary readings, Psalm, WORD, worry
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Let go, let God – the one and only contractor we need
Do you hire contractors to do the work God has offered to do for you? How’s that going? Perhaps the landscape of your life looks a bit like this? Scattered bits of this and that, unconnected and unfinished, untouched, and … Continue reading
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Tagged chaos, God, HIM, Jesus, lectionary readings, letting go and letting god, pause button, Psalm, scripture, vocation
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Rhyme and Reason for the Season
Headed into this second week of Advent I was disappointed to see that the New Testament readings were going to join the past week’s Old Testament readings in the prophetic theme of final judgment, the last days, doom, gloom, the … Continue reading
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Tagged because, chaos, lectionary readings, Lord, mystery, scripture
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One, two, Buckle my shoe… Three, four, Open the door… Five, six, Pick up sticks
Jeremiah 35:18 But to the house of the Rechabites Jeremiah said: Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Because you have obeyed the command of your ancestor Jonadab, and kept all his precepts, and done all that he commanded … Continue reading
Here’s talking to you, kid…dwell
At the Episcopal parish where I have been worshiping this Lenten season, the priest has been including a prayer from Thomas Merton at the conclusion of the Eucharist and before dismissing all of God’s people into the world to do … Continue reading
