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Joy Lenton

Christmas: The dawn of love come down

by Christine Sine December 25, 2022

by Joy Lenton It’s dawn on Christmas Day. A sense of anticipation builds. Children are already fumbling for their lumpy, weighty stockings and emitting excited squeals before hurrying to show …

December 25, 2022

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Arftul Julybilee: Towards Love For All Creation

by Melissa Taft July 14, 2022

Editors Note: Each Thursday in July we are having an Artful Julybilee – a celebration of art through the exploration of our current theme. We have many talented artists and …

July 14, 2022

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Pentecost: A Fresh Perspective, Poem, and Meditation Exercise

by Melissa Taft June 4, 2022

by Joy Lenton Then… We’ve gathered together for the feast of Pentecost, like bewildered sheep who have lost their shepherd. An air of uncertainty hangs over us. A frisson of …

June 4, 2022

Easter gender issues Poems poetry

Awakening: Reimagining the Early Discovery of the Risen Christ – Easter 2022

by Melissa Taft April 16, 2022

by Joy Lenton “When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early …

April 16, 2022

Good Friday Holy Week

Rejoicing: Good Friday thoughts on suffering, grace, and great rejoicing

by Lisa DeRosa April 1, 2021

by Joy Lenton On the cross brought down to dust his body pierced and soul crushed never more alone trapped in the deepest darkness no wriggle room on the cross his …

April 1, 2021

Time to Heal

A place of healing: trusting and resting in the process

by Lisa DeRosa February 13, 2021

by Joy Lenton We feel raw and vulnerable when we encounter a need for healing in ourselves, whether it concerns our physical or mental health. The healing process has as many …

February 13, 2021

Good Friday Holy Week

Good Friday: the cross as a revelation of divine love

by Lisa DeRosa April 9, 2020

by Joy Lenton It’s Good Friday. A day unlike any other, as the universe holds its breath. A day filled with sombreness and suspense. And a day when history became …

April 9, 2020

poetry The Heart Beat of God & Rhythm of Eternal Breath

Heartbeat: Sensing sacred echoes in our days

by Hilary Horn February 12, 2020

By Joy Lenton — A profound sense of the ineffable runs through our veins but we might mistake it for murmurs from another place. Perhaps we hear instead the pulse …

February 12, 2020

Good Friday

Good Friday: tracing the path to Golgtha where divine destiny was fulfilled

by Hilary Horn March 29, 2018

By Joy Lenton — It’s Good Friday. We see Jesus: already battered, bruised and torn, making His stumbling progression to Calvary. He’s always been the One and only Son of …

March 29, 2018

Pentecost

Pentecost – How tongues of fire loosened tongues of faith

by Hilary Horn June 3, 2017

By Joy Lenton — They huddled together, mournful and afraid, forgetting that the grave didn’t have the final say. Nor did the resurrection of the risen, ascended Saviour mean He …

June 3, 2017

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