Advent is so ripe for meditation, but after spending over eight hours with someone in Bangladesh trying to undo the damage done by a simple Microsoft upgrade, we’ll have to wait a few days until I can get my groove back. However, I am learning a lesson about waiting — I pass on. When you are at…
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Expecting?
First I apologize. My computer during an upgrade crashed completely and is having to be rebuilt. I may lose, applications, e-mails, and documents, but over time I will get it all back and running. Please bear with this transition. So, the Royal family is expecting, but that news pales to the news that my daughter…
First Sunday In Advent
I thought the following appropriate to begin the Advent and Christmas season. Slow me down, Lord. Ease the pounding of my heart by the quieting of my mind. Steady my hurried pace with a vision of the eternal march of time. Give me amid the confusion of the day, the calmness of the eternal hills.…
Certainty
Luis says, “that certainty is the opposite of faith.” My mind wandered around his words this morning and settled on the fact that the Bible doesn’t mention the discussions Jesus had with his family when he ventured out to begin his ministry. Before he left he was a tradesman – a carpenter. He probably had a…
Candle In The Window
Before we begin with today’s meditation let me recommend to all our readers that you find a quiet place and go to www.stjohns-dc.org. and listen to Luis’s Sermon he gave Thanksgiving Day, especially if you’ve wondered about the importance of rituals or have raised or are raising children. I know you will not regret it. I attended…