Advent liturgy

The music for this litugy is O Come, O Come Emmanuel from A Quiet Knowing Christmas by Jeff Johnson - www.ArkMusic.com

Preparing for Advent

It has been snowing in Seattle over the last few days. Not quite what we expect in this part of the world. What has fascinated me is to see how the world around us has slowed down in response to the weather. Schools and businesses were closed and the malls were not [...]

Filled with the spirit

This week I have been reflecting a lot on what it means to be filled with the Spirit. As a young Christian (more years ago than I care to remember) I was involved in the charismatic movement in Australia and back then thought that being filled with the spirit meant to have an experience [...]

Liturgical gardening

Last Saturday we spent a couple of hours as a household out in the garden. It wasn’t the best day for it - though many would say it was pretty typical of Seattle - not too cold, rainy and definitely soggy. The good thing was that the rain had loosened up all the [...]

We Got Rhythm but what kind

We are moving into the busiest time
of the year, and in a world that seems to grow faster and busier by the day perhaps like me you feel that
is not good news for any of us. It seems
the shops are full of Christmas decorations and toys earlier than ever and
everything about the upcoming season [...]