December 1

Hello and Happy December! In this season of dark days and twinkling lights, of celebration and loneliness, of hope and all else, I'm struck by how much of the season's focus is "out there" rather than inward. Waiting and watching happen inside as we look out to events that shape us, but what about taking a moment (or more) to notice the reverse? How what's happening within is shaping life around us? How this time between holidays, between dark and light, could also be an opportunity to check in, re-group, and re-imagine? What if we took a deep breath or two before doing the next thing? Mary pondered, after all. It says so in our Advent story. Maybe we, too, could do the same. I'm willing to give it a go... Are you?