Imagine! Imagine!the long and wondrous journeystill to be ours. Mary Oliver The slow fire of the impossible is lit by the imagination.Emily Dickinson Imagination is the “human power that opens us up to possibility and promise, the not-yet of the future”. Kathleen Fischer ________________________________________________ Our future is often more open than we even dare to […]
Come unto me all you that are weary and carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble of heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. Matthew 11: […]
Hope is rooted in the past but believes in the future. Hope lies in the memory of God’s previous goodness to us in a world that is both bountiful and harsh. Joan Chittister Memory [is] not just a storehouse of the past, but also a warehouse in the present containing the building blocks of the […]
God has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. 1 Peter 1:3 Hope is a fragile plant reaching towards the sun, whose rays are radiated through the attention and care we have found in so many of the people, events and circumstances that make […]
[Faith] sees the raising of the tortured and crucified Son of Man as God’s great protest against death… Jurgen Moltmann [Faith] sees the raising of the tortured and crucified Son of Man as God’s great protest against death and against everyone who plays into death’s hands and threatens life…. Resistance is the protest of those […]
Hope is a deeply inward grace Hope is a deeply inward grace, perhaps our most basic and grandest resource. It is also a deeply communal act, when we know that “there is help on the outside of us”. For if it were an entirely inward resource, the implication would be that we all we need […]
Our human hungers are seeds of hope. Robert Durback Being human is about being hopeful. But because we are incomplete, unfinished, hopelessness is also part of the deal. To ensure that we keep this hopelessness out of our hoping, we need to live out of our deepest desires. For when we stop wanting, we stop […]
Hope: the native land of the Spirit Emily Dickinson Sir Ninian Stephen, in his eulogy at “Weary” Dunlop’s State funeral, said that “Weary” inspired his men “through sheer nobility of character, strength of purpose and strength of body….with hope when hope was faint”. This capacity to inspire hope in others was central to Jesus of […]
Let us proceed in peace.In the name of Christ. Amen Prayers at the Advent Wreath Lighting of the Christ Candle Today we celebrate the gift of the Incarnation, Emmanuel, God with us. We celebrate the birth of Christ who is the Light of the World—a Light no darkness can extinguish. Christ’s Light can enter any […]
O come, O come, Emmanuel,and ransom captive Israel,that mourns in lonely exile hereuntil the Son of God appear.Rejoice! Rejoice! EmmanuelShall come to thee, O Israel. O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, freeThine own from Satan’s tyrannyFrom depths of Hell Thy people saveAnd give them victory o’er the graveRejoice! Rejoice! EmmanuelShall come to thee, O Israel […]