Perfection is Overrated
Today's Advent Art Meditation is from John 9:1-7. We live in the disillusion that we know what’s best for us. Unfortunately, God’s plans do not revolve around our convenience. My brother was born with Down Syndrome, a mental disability caused by a genetic mutation....
Calling all Lambs, and Bring Your Gifts!
Today's Advent Art Meditation is from Isaiah 40:1-11 (You'll have to scroll down a bit to find the right verse) My daughter has been so over-exposed to art, she just rolls her eyes at the idea of any impending artistic event. There is one exception…she is fascinated...
Consider the Lilies
Today's Advent Art Meditation is from John 3: 16-21 If you’ve ever been to a football game, you’ve probably seen people holding up signage with today’s verse which begins: “God so loved the world that he gave his only son…” (who started that tradition anyway?) Think...
My Guinness, a Pint-Sized savior!
Today's Advent Art Meditation is from 1 John 1: 4-7. John is talking about not just saying you know Jesus, but really “knowing” him in a way that makes it hard to fake. The Holy Spirit is like a pint of Guinness. OK, I know that's a bit of a leap, but I was talking...
Everything’s coming up roses as long as I get my coffee!
Today’s Advent Art Meditation is from Psalm 43: 3-5 and speaks about not giving up hope and trusting in God even when the chips are down. We all have days that we just don’t want to face. It may be as trivial as not wanting to leave your warm bed on a cold, dark day....
God’s Beloved Girls
Today's Advent meditation is on Ephesians 5:6-14. In this reading, Paul is warning the Christians that the moral norms of Ephesian pop culture go against God’s wishes and not to be swayed. They are now awake in the light and need to act accordingly. It would be...
How can I keep from singing?
Today's Advent meditation is from John 12: 35-36 (You'll have to scroll down a bit. The link isn't quite connected on that site) In today's reading Jesus hints to his followers that he will not always walk with them on earth. Dark days are ahead and they must know the...
A little encouragement goes a long way up the mountain
Our Advent art meditation for today is from Psalm 119: 105-106 A lamp to my feet is your Word, a light to my path. I resolve and swear to keep your just ordinances. A few years ago we spent part of our summer in Ireland with some good friends. For one of our...
My little cabin in the woods.
Today's Advent reflection is on Psalm 27:1-4 One of the best places I know to “dwell in the house of the Lord” and “behold His beauty” is at our family cabin in the Sierra Nevada mountains. My grandfather built it in the mid- 1950s, and I’ve been going there since I...
You don’t have to save the whole world.
Today's reading is from 2 Corinthians 4: 3-6. Well, not really. I’m afraid I got mixed up and painted for NEXT Monday's reading. Too late to re-do, so I'm going with it! We’ll save today’s for next week. Pope John Paul II once said, “As the family goes, so goes the...
Your Purpose Will Find You
Today’s Advent meditation is on Jeremiah 33:14-16 Today is bill-paying day. I have a hard time with this task, not because I can’t handle simple subtraction, but because it’s so dang boring, my mind wanders. I often find myself, pen in hand, realizing that 10 minutes...
This Little Lighthouse of Mine
The reference for today's Advent Art Mediation is John 1: 6-9 John is introduced as a man sent from God to bear witness to the light that was coming into the world. It is clarified that he is not the actual light, but merely here to testify. If we continue on past...