Happy New Year

 So much has changed and so much is lost.

The way forward looks both daunting and unclear.

But the watchers say change is coming and this is a time of hope.

There is still much disintegration advancing towards us, and sometimes perhaps we will lose our footing in the floodwater rapids.

Despair is always misplaced, though, and a waste of energy.

Our task is to hold our light steady and walk singing into the unknown.

What John Wesley said (his last words on this earth): 

"The best of all is, God is with us."

"By thine unerring Spirit led

We shall not in the desert stray

We shall not full direction need

Nor miss our providential way;

As far from danger as from fear,

While Love, almighty Love is near." (Charles Wesley)

Happy New Year, friends. Celebrate what is beautiful, and good. Embrace kindness. Walk in hope. Let light find you. Choose wisely. Live simply and quietly. Grace guide you. Light is streaming into this world to transform and sustain you. 

"Keep the faith, baby — you are the liberated zone." (Stephen Gaskin)

May God bless you in 2022.

Into the Heart of Advent — Chapter 25 – The Infant Light

Happy Christmas, friends. Thank you for travelling with me.

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Into the Heart of Advent — Chapter 24 — Be here now

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Into the Heart of Advent — Chapter 23 — Mary

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Into the Heart of Advent — Chapter 22 — Room at the inn

When Luke says in his gospel, "And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn" (Luke 2.7 KJV), what was it he meant to tell us?

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Into the Heart of Advent — Chapter 21 — The Manger

Yes. How did the shepherds know where to look, when the angel said, "in Bethlehem"?

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Into the Heart of Advent — Chapter 20 — Shepherds

Nearly Christmas. Shepherds on the move . . .

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Into the Heart of Advent — Chapter 19 — Homelessness

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Into the Heart of Advent — Chapter 18 — Angels

You can tell it's nearly Christmas. We're on to the angels today.

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Into the Heart of Advent — Chapter 17 — Gifts and Graces

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