Oh holy night, The stars are brightly shining, It is the night that our dear Savior’s birth Everything is twinkling today in Winnipeg. Every store, many houses, and my balcony is twinkling with bright coloured lights. Lots of beauty as we approach the solstice. Here, on December 18th, the sun…
My scriptures for this third week of Advent are Psalms 146:5-10, 1 Samuel 2:1-8, and Luke 3:1-18 I want to start by being very honest, I am not a big Christmas person, I don’t get excited when I start seeing and thinking of decorating, I honestly don’t enjoy Christmas songs and most…
For those of you who follow the liturgical calendar, this second Sunday of Advent brings to our minds the traditional story of John the Baptist (Matthew 3:1–12) as it was used, by the Gospel writers, to illustrate their first century CE apocalyptic kingdom theology. A later, less apocalyptic interpretation of…
It is our common practice to post weekly Advent reflections from the Servant Council members or those chosen to do this honor during Advent. This Advent season reflections will be coming to you from the Servant Council. This is also the season the professed members have been asked to give a…
By Br. Coyote Nabhan, OEF This submission captures the OEF values
The Absurd Parade written for my Franciscan siblings Texts: John 12:12-16, Matt. 21:1-11, Mk 11:1-11, Luke 19:29-44 Note: Some of this is adapted from Lenten curriculum that I wrote years ago for the Smyth & Helwys Publishing Company. In medieval times, on the first day of January, folks in Europe…
On nonviolent resistance to authoritarianism On 13 November 2024, having had a full week to reflect on the US presidential election, I wrote the following on Facebook: I will not be complicit, compliant, nor complacent with respect to the incoming Trump Administration. Today, I began cutting down 22” by 27”…
By Deb Snider-Scott OEF Good and Blessed day to all! Here we are entering into the fourth week of Lent. We have most likely settled into a Lenten mindset and heartset. I pray the following will complement any readings or reflections that have come before this one. I’m not a…
We sort of slipped into the time we are in. We were born, and then, just by virtue of remaining alive, we have arrived here, and it is sad and frightening and dangerous. Even we who expected exactly this — we saw it in our nightmares well before — our…
OEF Council Lenten Reflection#2 By Juniper Christians over our history have not lived in good times. There is no promise of good times as part of our earthly pilgrimage. Last week, the church observed Perpetua and her companions who lived in the second century in Carthage. We are told that…