“For some reason we like to see days pass, even though most of us claim we don’t want to reach our last one for a long time.” by Tom Hennen (“Life of a Day“) Advent Outpost from the Backporch (#2) Here we are again, inching forward in the diminishment of days dancing with the light and the darkness. This is the second Advent outpost in the series. See, last year my wife and I started an Advent neighborhood get together last year; soup, wine, bread, cheese, poetry, stories, hymns, and children bellowing. A eucharist of sorts, but more with an ancient turn to …
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Advent Outpost from the Backporch (#1)
“Rest in God, dear boy. Rest in God.”– W.H. Auden Advent Outpost from the Backporch (#1) My wife and I started an Advent neighborhood get together last year; soup, wine, bread, cheese, poetry, stories, hymns, and children bellowing. A eucharist of sorts, but more with an ancient turn to honoring both the light in the darkness, and the darkness itself. Due to Covid this will not be happening this year. So I am attempting to put the spirit of what I experienced in that neighborhood Advent get together into a Contemplify Advent series. Something not churchy, but more in line …