Dear friends,
Welcome to the second of (hopefully) four episodes for the season of Advent…
I hope you feel in good company, thanks for listening,
With Courage, Imagination and Love,
Beth
I didn’t get to the convent in the end because of the storms!!! So I’ve had to ask someone very kind to add some greenery to the sculpture for me, and send a photo, which is the one below. Two candles are lit now, and look at the water ! It’s surprising to me how quickly it has changed colour from rust!
Here is my own little advent ring at home, made of ivy form the garden, with its five candles… I left it blurry like this because I like how it looks.
Here is a photo of the clay temple I mention in the recording, before I painted it…:) It is now pink and yellow.
Here is an image I made in the week, which feels like the uniqueness of our prayers.
Here is the link I mentioned to my focusing teacher Peter Gill’s website, where you can find out about his courses, his retreats, his book and his Substack blog… sorry I can’t currently work out how to make the link live !
https://www.livingfocusing.co.uk
I’ll also add the poem I read out by Anne Hillman, and the beautiful and powerful Rumi quote.
We look with uncertainty
Beyond the old choices for
Clear cut answers,
To a softer, more permeable aliveness
Which is in every moment
At the brink of death;
For something new is being born in us
If we but let it.
We stand at a new doorway,
Awaiting that which comes…
Daring to be human creatures,
Vulnerable to the beauty of existance.
Learning to love.
And finally the beautiful Rumi quote
“Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love”
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