Just to invite you all to share together in our advent journey making, I felt very blessed at the recent Sanctuary service to hear people talking about their recent spiritual experiences, and the reminder that God is involved with our daily being.
Here then is an invitation to share your pictures, ideas, prayers and hopes.
It always blows my mind, every year, when I reflect on the events leading to the birth of Christ. Angels, dreams, decision making, rejection, exclusion, and adoration. It’s the stuff of life, and every year brings hope and transformation to my life
I have a set of photo’s from this service, which I will be sorting through and posting on this blog, so keep checking. And I, for one, very much
looking forward to hearing about your thoughts and experiences this advent
I loved this service, seeing people from aged 3 – over 40! all engaged in making their advent scenes, it was great.
What stuck me was the difficulty encountered in the different advent journeys. I don’t think any one of them had an easy journey. I’d not really thought about that before, that reflection felt so much more real to me, it felt more linked with my own experience of my journey of faith, bit bumpy, not straight forward, bit wary of what is ahead!
By: soniamain on December 8, 2010
at 9:39 am
I so know what you mean Sonia, I sometimes feel that although I’ve made some clear decisions, and know the direction I’m on, I still feel lost and bewildered.
it’s scary realising I have to address situations that are damaging myself and the people I care about, and also have to cope with living and working in a materialistic culture where most of the things I treasure are seen as a joke
up until recently, I thought much of my struggle was ‘my fault’, – I was too insecure, to xyz. so am now trying to learn to value my feelings in situations, knowing that something can be true for me. this feels strange after being bought up in and evangelical setting where my feelings where deeply shamed. So I love so much about the advent stories, and how the people who recognised Christ’s Kingship included the marginalised – with the religious authorities being prepared to comply with the Roman rule!
so it empowers me to reflect on how both Joseph and Mary were prepared to seek God alone, and follow His lead against the tide at times, as it can feel a very lonely journey sometimes
By: subo on December 8, 2010
at 9:59 am
For me, Mary is the champion for women everywhere, she’s happy to meet angles and carry a child with all the prejudice and shame people like to inflict, and yet hold her head high as a servant of the most high. looking at this angel here, I love the way here golden hair curls around her head
By: TreeHouseBooks on December 10, 2010
at 11:14 am