Advent Week 2: How Were You a Peacemaker?

Advent Week 2: How Were You a Peacemaker?

Below is a short audio reflection for the end of the second week of Advent. As we said last week, we thought a way to think about our Advent journey this year might be to pause before the next week and take stock of our personal journey using the lens of Hope as...
Advent Week 1: How Have I Been Hope This Week?

Advent Week 1: How Have I Been Hope This Week?

Below a short audio reflection for the end of the last week of Advent. One way to think about our Advent journey this year might be to pause before the next week and take stock of our personal journey using the lens of Hope as expressed in our Chapter Calls. The...
7 Ways to Rethink Gift-Giving this Christmas

7 Ways to Rethink Gift-Giving this Christmas

The sale was a way to de-clutter, but it also had a spiritual aspect: the season of Advent is coming up, and we are especially mindful of Mary and Joseph having been told that there was no room in the inn. With that in our hearts,  we’re donating all of the...
Advent Reflection: Be Open to a Choir of Angels

Advent Reflection: Be Open to a Choir of Angels

As we know, Advent is a Season of waiting, of hoping, of preparing and of giving. I’d like to share what happened yesterday. This particularchoir of Angels included people from New Hampshire, Schroon Lake, Peru, Plattsburgh, Ausable, and Chateaugay Lake –...
Advent Reflection: Prepare Your Heart for Newness

Advent Reflection: Prepare Your Heart for Newness

Is there some part of you seeking an escape from the stress of a lengthy Christmas to-do list and the prattling advertisements that saturate the airwaves long before December? Are you distracted, perhaps even burdened, by how upbeat everyone is expected to be during...