Author: Annabelle

• The End is Only the Beginning

  

  Prayer, introspection, and colorful pens mark the end of the year and the start of new adventures! What spiritual practices do you use around the New Year?

  Annabelle

  December 27, 2024

  Prayer, Reflection, Spiritual Practices

  Epiphany, Future, god, Holy Spirit, Ignatian Examen, New Year, Planning, Resolution, Spiritual Practices, Star Word, Threshold, Word Of The Year

• Holy Ground

  

  Where does the holy break through? Blessedly, it’s right where you are.

  Annabelle

  December 20, 2024

  Poetry, Reflection

  Advent, Awe, Beauty, Blessing, god, Holy, Kingdom of God, Noticing, Ordinary, Poem, Prayer, Scripture, Wonder

• In the Flesh!

  

  Here is your standing invitation to say “yes!”

  Annabelle

  December 13, 2024

  Reflection, Spiritual Practices

  Advent, Birth, courage, Creation, Creativity, god, Holy Spirit, Iconography, Incarnation, Jesus Christ, Knitting, Mary, New, Pregnancy, vulnerability, Yes

• “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” – and a Trunk

  

  Reflections on the 1987 film “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” just in time for the holidays!

  Annabelle

  December 6, 2024

  Reflection

  Baggage, community, Del Griffith, Friendship, Grief, John Candy, love, Luggage, Movies, Neal Page, Steve Martin, Success, Travel

• Tapetum Lucidum

  

  On the true magic of reindeer and how they might help us to see more clearly.

  Annabelle

  November 29, 2024

  Poetry, Reflection

  Advent, Christ, Creation, Light, National Geographic, nature, Reindeer, Winter

• A Revelation

  

  Angels and elders and many-eyed beasts – oh my! A passage from the Book of Revelation offers wisdom and hope for today.

  Annabelle

  November 22, 2024

  Prayer, Reflection, Spiritual Practices

  bible, god, Ignatian Spirituality, Imaginative Prayer, jesus, Pray As You Go, Revelation, Scripture, Stuck, Wisdom, worship

• A Labor of Love

  

  Can the words of an apocalyptic text offer hope and promise?

  Annabelle

  November 15, 2024

  Lectionary, Reflection

  Advent, bible, Birth, Expectation, god, jesus, Kingdom of God, Labor, Longing, Revised Common Lectionary, Scripture, Sustained, Waiting

• The Saint

  

  A poem reflecting on discipleship and what it means to be a saint.

  Annabelle

  November 8, 2024

  Poetry, Prayer, Reflection, Spiritual Practices

  All Saints, Beauty, Iconography, Martin Luther, Painting, Poem, Prayer, Saint, Sinner/Saint

• The Thing about Goldfinches

  

  A poetic reflection about changing through the seasons of the year and through life inspired by a class about winter birding.

  Annabelle

  November 1, 2024

  Poetry, Reflection

  Beauty, Birding, Creation, nature, Noticing, Poem

• Stargazing

  

  What can the stars and skies teach us as we pause to take them in?

  Annabelle

  October 25, 2024

  Reflection, Spiritual Practices

  Astronomy, Beauty, Creation, Music, Noticing, Stars, Switchfoot