One of my favorite Advent hymns gives this reflection its title. There’s something wonderful about including the cosmos in our Christmas celebrations.

Ask your body and your spirit what they need at this time. It might be rest. Then again it might be more exercise. Our needs change throughout our lives and we don’t always pay attention to that.

We might think of patience as trust through time. And our perception of time changes as we grow older.

Isaiah, reminds us that God is merciful, that God loves us just as we are, that in spite of our weakness and sin, God is always ready to welcome us home, to bring us back to level ground.

Advent reminds us that the One who has come into the world and is always coming into our lives in new ways is the source of our salvation.

Advent begins quietly, with the lighting of the first candle on the Advent wreath.

Contentment is a great gift that we don’t always appreciate. It’s not as rare as we might think.

Thanksgiving in America began with noble sentiments and is surrounded by traditions, rituals, and stories of hardship, sharing, and giving thanks for survival in a new land.

Like most people, I would prefer to escape deep loss and to avoid hard and challenging times.