Holy anticipation,That breathtaking space in-betweenWhat has been, what is, what is-to-come.Where winter dreams reveal secret longingsAnd winged angels announce the coming of Love.You draw us to the edge of Advent possibility… ~ Pamela C. Hawkins, Simply Wait: Cultivating Stillness in the Season of Advent Advent is a time of anticipation. It is that weird time […]
Happy Thanksgiving…it’s complicated
The world begins at a kitchen table. No matter what, we must eat to live…At this table we sing with joy, with sorry. We pray of suffering and remorse. We give thanks… Joy HarjoExcerpt from Perhaps the World Ends Here Celebrate and honor the complexity this Thanksgiving As I prepare to gather around a table […]
November 2021 Messy Church of Month
New Mexico is the home for our Messy Church(es) of the Month Congratulations to Christ United Methodist Church (UMC) and Cornerstone UMC in Albuquerque, New Mexico our Messy Churches of the Month for November! The incredible Barb Tegtmeier led the Messy Church team at Christ UMC for several years and now is working with a […]
Overflowing in Thanks
Live your lives in Christ Jesus the Lord in the same way you received him. Be rooted and built up in the way of Jesus, established in the faith as you are taught, overflowing in thanksgiving. Colossians 2:6-7 NRSV (adapted) A Moment to give thanks My heart was overflowing with thanksgiving as I looked out […]