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Advent 2013

Coming Home to the Advent Story – The First Podcast is Here

by Christine Sine
written by Christine Sine

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Story by Christine Sine

Music by Tara Ward, The Opiate Mass and Church of the Beloved

Reflection by Dr. Chelle Stearns, Seattle School of Theology and Psychology Seattle WA

Meditation by Christine Sine, Mustard Seed Associates. This meditation contains the text for this years Advent meditation video Come Home to God

Produced by Ryan Marsh, Church of the Beloved

Listen now:

https://godspacelight.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Advent-Podcast-Week-One-1.mp3

Or right click this link and save to your computer:  Advent Podcast Week One

This is the first of a series of podcasts produced by Ryan Marsh of Church of the Beloved, that will be posted at the beginning of each week of Advent.

Todays podcast focuses on the coming of Christ as an infant. This is the first coming that Advent invites us to experience. The remembrance of Jesus coming in the flesh as an infant. It captivates our hearts yet makes few, if any demands on our souls. For many the story is nothing more than a children’s story, a soothing tale that is little more than an add on to the secular celebration of consumption and overindulgence.

As you await the coming of Christ what are you hoping for? Join us each day this week for additional reflections, liturgies and prayers on our theme.

And don’t forget our other Mustard Seed resources including these beautiful prayer cards that we have put together. Your purchase of these resources is one way to help support the Godspace blog and the ministry of Mustard Seed Associates.

We hope that you will also join us next week for our second podcast:

Week Two of Coming Home

Story by Jim and Donna Mathwig

Music by Aaron Strumpel, In Mansions and Church of the Beloved

Reflection by Dr. Dwight Freisen, Seattle School of Theology and Psychology, Seattle WA

Meditation by Christine Sine, Mustard Seed Associates

Produced by Ryan Marsh, Church of the Beloved

 

Week Three of Coming Home

Story by Jim and Donna Mathwig

Music by Tracie Whisperly, In Mansions and Church of the Beloved

Reflection by Rev. Karen Ward, All Souls Episcopal Church, Portland, OR

Meditation by Christine Sine, Mustard Seed Associates

Produced by Ryan Marsh, Church of the Beloved, Edmonds WA

 

Week Four of Coming Home

Story by Mustard Seed House

Music by Lacey Brown, In Mansions and Church of the Beloved

Reflection by Tom Sine, Mustard Seed Associates

Meditation by Christine Sine, Mustard Seed Associates

Produced by Ryan Marsh, Church of the Beloved, Edmonds WA

 

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November 30, 2013 3 comments
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A Walk of Gratitude

by Christine Sine
written by Christine Sine
Greenlake in winter

Greenlake in winter

Tom and I have just returned from one of our favourite walks around our a nearby lake called Greenlake. As we walked today we shared what we think will become a new tradition for us – a walk of gratitude. We took turns sharing about the people, places, and ideas that we are grateful for. It was a wonderful walk. So much to be grateful for and it took us the entire three mile walk to share. Our hearts were overflowing, more than anything else with gratitude to God.

I used this prayer which I was in the Thanksgiving liturgy (with a few small adaptations of my own) at our church yesterday and thought I would use it here to round off my posts on a week of gratitude.

For the beauty and wonder of your creation, in earth and sky and sea.

We thank you Lord. 

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For all that is gracious in the lives of men and women, revealing the image of Christ,

We thank you Lord.

For our daily food and drink, and for our homes when others have none,

We thank you Lord.

With my Mother at her 90th birthday

With my Mother at her 90th birthday

For family and friends, for those who have mentored and moved us towards wholeness,

We thank you, Lord.

Garden day at the Mustard Seed House

Garden day at the Mustard Seed House

For health and strength to work and leisure to rest and play,

We thank you, Lord.

Malnourished Child Thai refugee camps 1985

For the brave and courageous, who are patient in suffering and faithful in adversity,

We thank you, Lord.

For all valiant seekers after truth, liberty and justice,

We thank you Lord.

St Columba

St Columba – Bishop’s House Iona

For the communion of saints in all times and places,

We thank you Lord.

Jesus & disciples

Let us stand with those who have gone before

Above all we give you thanks for the great mercies and promises given to us in Christ Jesus Our Lord;

To him be praise and glory, with you O God, and the Holy Spirit, now and forever. Amen. 

November 29, 2013 0 comments
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creation care

Hymn of Grateful Praise by Kimberlee Conway Ireton

by Christine Sine
written by Christine Sine

Today’s post is by Kimberlee Conway Ireton, mother of four and author of The Circle of Seasons: Meeting God in the Church Year and the recently released memoir, Cracking Up: A Postpartum Faith Crisis.

For the beauty of the earth…

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For the glory of the skies…

For the love which from our birth…

Over and around us lies…

Lord of all to Thee we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise.

–Folliott S. Pierpoint, 1864

According to Robert Morgan, this well-known hymn is one of only a few Christian songs devoted wholly to giving thanks. “One of the strange things about ‘the attitude of gratitude,'” he notes, “is that we tend to exhibit it in reverse proportion to the number of blessings we receive. The more we have, the less thankful we are.”

Oh, friends, let that not be true of us! Let us not fail to give thanks. Let us not fail to see all that we have to be thankful for.

Let us instead sing out our thanks to the Lord of all—for the beauty of the earth, for the glory of the skies, for God’s unfailing love that surrounds us from our first breath to our final one.

May we be a people who see the manifold gifts, name them one by one like the beads on a rosary, and offer up a constant hymn of grateful praise to the Giver of all good gifts.

For red leaves on trees and scattered over sidewalks
For gray skies— but no rain
For wind bowing birch boughs
For hands to write with
For a clean kitchen at the end of this day
For warm sweaters
For a cozy blanket and a book
For shared meals, good food, and laughter
Lord of all, to Thee I raise this my hymn of grateful praise.

May your Thanksgiving, friends, be full of thanks giving, which always leads to joy.

November 27, 2013 0 comments
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Advent 2013

Come Home to God – An Advent Meditation Video For 2013

by Christine Sine
written by Christine Sine

Its here at last. My new Advent meditation video for 2013. Enjoy.

Music: Place of Resurrection from the album Psalmus, Jeff Johnson with Janet Chvatal. ℗© 2011 Sola Scriptura Songs / ArkMusic.com, Used with permission. All rights reserved.

 

November 26, 2013 2 comments
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Advent 2013Christmas

Come Home with Us For Advent.

by Christine Sine
written by Christine Sine

Advent prayer garden

Advent starts (officially) on Sunday and I wanted to make sure that you are aware of all that we are planning for the season. Our theme this year is Coming Home: Uncovering our Roots in the Advent Story.

Saturday morning Seattle time we will post our first podcast hosted by myself and Ryan Marsh. This is specially planned so that our Aussie and Kiwi friends can begin Sunday by listening to the session. Be prepared for a wonderful experience. Ryan has worked hard to collect stories of homecoming and to interview theologians on the topic. What does it mean to come home for someone who has lost their home or who is a refugee in a foreign land? What does it mean for us to come home fully to the presence of God in our lives? These are some of the questions we will reflect on.

Each day during Advent we will post reflections on the theme. Contributors come from around the world – Australia, South Africa, Britain, U.S. and Canada, so we will share a great array of perspectives that I will be both thought provoking and enriching. Periodically we will also add music, prayers and liturgies. So you don’t want to miss out. For notifications either sign up follow the blog or like the Facebook page Coming Home. 

We have other resources available to help you through the season. To get ready for Advent you might like to check out Advent meditations from previous years. Or consider purchasing our Advent devotional guide Waiting for the Light or purchasing our new prayer cards as an aid to quiet contemplation during the season. They make great Christmas gifts too and help support the ministry of this blog.

 

Prayer cards

 

November 25, 2013 0 comments
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Advent 2013Meditation Monday

Messing with Tradition – Adding a Week of Gratitude to Advent

by Christine Sine
written by Christine Sine

We have decided to mess with tradition this year and are beginning Advent a week early with a celebration of gratitude and thankfulness. With American Thanksgiving on Thursday this seems pretty unoriginal but, at least for me, what is new is the thought of seeing as the beginning of Advent, entering into a week of reflection, sharing what we are grateful for each day and savouring the presence of God who gives us all things good.

Lord We Give You Thanks

November 25, 2013 1 comment
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pantoum for a rainy day

by Christine Sine
written by Christine Sine

Today’s post is by Kimberlee Conway Ireton, mother of four and author of The Circle of Seasons: Meeting God in the Church Year and the recently released memoir, Cracking Up: A Postpartum Faith Crisis.

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outside, a crow climbs the steep angle of the neighbor’s roof
rain drips from the fig tree, branches bare and barren
inside, heat rattles the registers
boys squeal in delighted play on the blue carpet

rain drips from the fig tree, branches bare and barren
on my lap, a fleecy blanket and an open book
boys squeal in delighted play on the blue carpet
before me, a cozied teapot and a white china cup, brim-full

on my lap, a warm fleecy blanket and an open book
why are you cast down, o my soul
before me, a cozied teapot and a white china cup, brim-full
hope in God, for I shall again praise him

why are you cast down, o my soul
outside, a crow climbs the steep angle of the neighbor’s roof
hope in God, for I shall again praise him
inside, heat rattles the registers

Photo by amandabhslater, Creative Commons via Flickr.

November 23, 2013 0 comments
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