ADVENT 2025 – DAY TWENTY

I waited patiently upon the Lord;he stooped to me and heard my cry.He lifted me out of the desolate pit, out of the mire and clay;              he set my feet upon a high cliff and made my footing sure.He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God;many shallContinueContinue reading “ADVENT 2025 – DAY TWENTY”

THURSDAY OF ADVENT 3

The Ten Bridesmaids – Matthew 25:1-13. Artwork by the Jesus Mafa Community, Cameroon, Africa [Jesus said:] “Then the kingdom of heaven will be like this. Ten bridesmaids took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. When the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them; butContinueContinue reading “THURSDAY OF ADVENT 3”

ADVENT DRAWS NEAR

Beware, keep alert; for you do not know when the time will come.mark 13:33 Last year at this time, I was serving as Interim Rector of St. James Episcopal Church in Painesville, Ohio. It gave me an opportunity to revive a practice that I had enjoyed when I was in active full-time parish ministry –ContinueContinue reading “ADVENT DRAWS NEAR”