Category Archives: Advent

Heal: Advent Word 5

Posted on December 7, 2017 by Boz

“Write what you know,” I have often told my English composition students. What I know about healing began when my husband was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in the summer of 2010 and continued through two rounds of increasingly toxic chemotherapy … Continue reading →

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Simplify: Advent Word 4

Posted on December 6, 2017 by Boz

The things we want and need are plain and true: To live in peace in a safe, warm home; to eat soup and bread and drink wine; to sleep curled in the arms of one we love; to speak words … Continue reading →

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Gather: Advent Word 3

Posted on December 5, 2017 by Boz

Recounting his efforts to find the Holy Ghost in private prayer, John Donne confessed: I lock my door to myself, and I throw myself down in the presence of my God, I divest myself of all worldly thoughts, and I … Continue reading →

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Journey: Advent Word 2

Posted on December 4, 2017 by Boz

Journey (n.) c. 1200, “a defined course of traveling; one’s path in life,” from Old French journée “a day’s length; day’s work or travel” (12c.), from Vulgar Latin diurnum “day,” noun use of neuter of Latin diurnus “of one day” … Continue reading →

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Awaken: Advent Word 1

Posted on December 3, 2017 by Boz

This year, I have decided to participate in the daily discipline of #AdventWord, a project of the worldwide Anglican  Communion  designed to create a global Advent calendar where we can share images and meditations that reflect the spirit of this … Continue reading →

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