tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202458237483635505.post1841656900349124571..comments2024-01-17T04:07:49.918-05:00Comments on Acts of Hope: First Sunday of AdventUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202458237483635505.post-40126771568199718832007-12-03T16:02:00.000-05:002007-12-03T16:02:00.000-05:00I found myself, as a convert of less than two deca...I found myself, as a convert of less than two decades' standing, to be saying at coffee hour this week, or perhaps after the evening Lessons and Carols (good.), "I resent 'the Holidays'; they tug me away from both Advent and, more especially a proper Christmas." when I often emerge again.<BR/><BR/>There is the significance of being one who has stood "All Along The Watchtower", however wrongly, in the admonition of the season "Watch, be alert, but don't get excited over nothing."<BR/><BR/>Finally, to breathe Godde's life with Godde, as an embodied Odd Child of Hers: to take intentional care of my health.<BR/><BR/>Icy but with a late burst of the Sun about an hour ago: no day to emerge: devout reading and prayer.johniebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11635403219973766022noreply@blogger.com