Category: AdventWord
Responses to the annual Advent Word prompts supplied by https://adventword.org/en/home/
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AdventWord 2022: Rain
Alistair Macrobert “A sudden concentration of attention on a rainy August morning. Clusters of bright red berries, some wrinkled, some blemished, others perfect, hanging among green leaves. The experience could not have lasted more than a few seconds, but that was a moment out of time. I was caught up in what I saw: I
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AdventWord 2022: Unity
Garry Butterfield Unity does not mean “uniform” or “un-individual”. We only have to look around us to see that we live in a vibrant, thriving, ever-changing world. Living in harmony does not require us to agree on everything; a thriving vibrant community will be made up of members who have as many opinions as there
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AdventWord 2022: Ready
I sometimes feel like I spend my time rushing to catch up, and then I am never quite ready for the challenges ahead. #Advent is a time to prepare, to take the time to get ready. This can mean gift shopping and sending cards, but can also mean taking the time to prepare spiritually and emotionally.
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AdventWords 2022: Mountains
Respect the wide diversity among us in our lives and relationships. Refrain from making prejudiced judgments about the life journeys of others. Do you foster the spirit of mutual understanding and forgiveness which our discipleship asks of us? Remember that each one of us is unique, precious, a child of God. QF&P: 1.02.22 Tim Gouw
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AdventWords 2022: Make
“What’s that on the shelf?’ my artistic friend asked. ‘A turbine blade. I designed it’, I replied proudly. ‘Oh’, she said. Visiting three weeks later she asked, ‘Why is that still there?’ ‘Because I think it’s beautiful.’ ‘Oh’, she said. I find great beauty in Concorde, a Norton, a modern suspension bridge, in calculus and
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AdventWords 2022: Teach
Photo: Tim Mossholder Quakers believe that we are all equal before G-D, and that the spirit of G-D is at work within each of, making us both teachers and students throughout our lives. How does this work practically? Well, as a facilitator or a teacher you aren’t just providing or pouring in information, but
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AdventWord 2022: Together
As a meeting ‘gathers’, as each individual ‘centers down’, there gradually develops a feeling of belonging to a group who are together seeking a sense of the Presence. The ‘I’ in us begins to feel like ‘we’. At some point – it may be early in the meeting or it may be later, or it
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AdventWord 2022: Walk
As a Quaker I’m very comfortable with sitting in silence. But there are times when I need to move – when I’m too restless, or it’s not physically comfortable, or I just need to be doing something other than sitting at my desk working. Walking meditatively has been a boon, it became popular during COVID
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AdventWord 2022: Introduction
Tomorrow marks the start of advent and 2022’s AdventWord calendar. Here at #MindfulBusinessServices (MBS) we are inviting you to join us as we contribute to a global community advent calendar. Forward Movement has announced the list of 2022 AdventWords. Single-word prompts were selected by a group of community volunteers from the Sunday Lectionary readings.
