SIGNS, SYMBOLS AND SIGNIFICANCE: Ordinary Time – preparations for a new year, part 2
Currently, summer is in full swing, and the humidity is rising! Even rain does not dissipate the humidity! I am certainly thankful for...
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- Jul 16
- 3 min
SIGNS, SYMBOLS, AND SIGNIFICANCE Ordinary Time – preparations for a new year
Scriptural time is rooted in the Christ event—when Jesus came to earth. His birth is the fulcrum from which time is calculated both backward
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- May 22
- 4 min
SIGNS, SYMBOLS, AND SIGNIFICANCE: Still counting the Omer…
This is about the mid-way point of counting the Omer. It’s not too late to start if you haven’t already!
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- Mar 18
- 3 min
SIGN, SYMBOLS AND SIGNIFICANCE: Purim and Palm Sunday
This year, Purim falls on Palm Sunday. This seems strange and a bit odd to me, but I have been thinking about what the two might have in...
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- Feb 27
- 3 min
SIGN, SYMBOLS, AND SIGNIFICANCE: Lenten Practices
How is your Lenten season going? Even if you have had a difficult time getting started, it’s not too late! In my last blog, I mentioned...
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- Feb 14
- 3 min
SIGN, SYMBOL, AND SIGNIFICANCE: Ash Wednesday and Lent
Ash Wednesday is being recovered in many Protestant churches today. The significance of the ashes and the cross are historical. “In the...
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- Jan 15
- 3 min
SIGN, SYMBOL, AND SIGNIFICANCE: Ordinary Time
The celebration of Epiphany is over, and we now settle into a short season of Ordinary Time. Ordinary Time is the few weeks between...
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- Dec 21, 2023
- 3 min
SIGN, SYMBOL, AND SIGNIFICANCE: Christmas and Hanukkah
The anticipation has reached its conclusion! Christmas is finally here! The signs and symbols of Advent blend into the significance of...
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- Oct 9, 2023
- 3 min
Signs, Symbols, and Significance Ordinary Time – Simhat Torah
Simhat Torah is the celebration of the completion of reading through the Torah this past year. It is a most joyful celebration that falls...
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- Aug 28, 2023
- 3 min
SIGNS, SYMBOLS, AND SIGNIFICANCE: Ordinary Time - Dangerous times?
What do we do when storms happen, either anticipated or when we are blind-sided? Where do we turn?
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- Jul 24, 2023
- 5 min
SIGNS, SYMBOLS, AND SIGNIFICANCE: Ordinary Time – time for preparation
Mary, Mary, quite contrary How does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockle shells And pretty little maids in a row. Sometimes...
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- Jul 3, 2023
- 3 min
SIGNS, SYMBOLS AND SIGNIFICANCE, Ordinary Time – time for growth
The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. Gen 2:9a The whole...
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- Jun 21, 2023
- 3 min
SIGNS, SYMBOLS, AND SIGNIFICANCE- BONUS! On Becoming A Farmer
Several months ago, I saw a post on Facebook that included a picture of a beautiful ear of corn. It was much more colorful than the...
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- May 22, 2023
- 3 min
SIGNS, SYMBOLS, AND SIGNIFICANCE- Eastertide, Counting the Omer part 3
Diverting and Pivoting “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade!” How many times have you heard this? A few days after writing my last...
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- May 19, 2023
- 3 min
SIGNS, SYMBOLS, AND SIGNIFICANCE- Eastertide and the Ascension
…” Then He leads them out to Bethany. He lifts up His hands and blesses them, and at that moment, with His hands raised in blessing, he...
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- May 5, 2023
- 3 min
SIGNS, SYMBOLS, AND SIGNIFICANCE- Eastertide, Counting the Omer part 2, Waiting and Anticipating
Ba ck in February, I wrote about planting a new rose bush. After planting it upside down and digging it up and planting it right side up,...
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- Feb 16, 2023
- 4 min
SIGN, SYMBOL, AND SIGNIFICANCE - Roses
Every place we have lived, with one exception, I have had a rose garden. The most roses I have ever had was over 100! I now have only 4....
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- Jan 23, 2023
- 3 min
SIGN, SYMBOL, AND SIGNIFICANCE - Storytime
Stories are an important way that we share lessons, truths, and deeper meanings in life. Stories have made an impact in my life.
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- Dec 24, 2022
- 3 min
SIGN, SYMBOL AND SIGNIFICANCE: Christmas and Hanukkah
The anticipation has reached its conclusion! Christmas is finally here! The signs and symbols of Advent blend into the significance of...
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- Oct 25, 2022
- 3 min
SIGN, SYMBOL, AND SIGNIFICANCE, Ordinary Time - Part 9
I’ve been thinking about ‘contentment’. We have just come out of a busy season of the Fall Feasts (Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot) and...
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