Living Christmas

I ABIDE with you.
I rejoice with you.
I suffer with you.
I heal you.
I awaken you.
I transform you.
I transform through you.

This is God's voice speaking not only to the world but to every part of the world; not only to nations and communities but to every individual; not only to humanity but to every aspect of struggling, evolving creation.

     Flora Slosson Wuellner

IF WE are to be truly peacemakers, I think we must move beyond the notion of peace as the absence of conflict . . . . Peace has to do with the fullness of things, with lion and lamb lying down together, not a world without lions. If we are to have hearts capable of the peace of Christ, which does indeed pass all understanding, we must have hearts capable of embracing the joy and the sorrow, the sacredness and the sin of the world.

     Wendy M. Wright

GOD of surprises,
as we walk through the day,
keep our eyes open
and our senses tuned
to your presence
in unexpected places.
Amen.

     Beth A. Richardson