Seeker

Focus is today's word in the #AdventWord2018 online digital calendar. Here are some questions for your reflection on this 3rd day of Advent: where do you focus most of your attention? is your focus on the goal that matters most to you? do you focus on the person who matters most to you? in this Advent season of preparation for the coming of Christ, how do you focus on Christ? For another reflection on the theme of #Focus see this Seeker post from 2017. Image Credit: Pixabay, CCO License

One of the things I like about winter in the northern hemisphere is that sometimes there are beautiful sunrises. And after a long dark winter night a sunrise can surprise as a sign of hope. That is why I have chosen a sunrise photo for today's Advent reflection #watch. Day 2 of the #AdventWord calendar this year has the word #watch as a trigger for Advent reflection. I am trying to post a response to each day's reflection this Advent. The reflection for 'watch' on that digital calendar has these words: "God is always present and always doing a new thing in the world around us.  Watch, so we don't miss it.  Watch, so we can be open to being changed by God's presence.  Watch, so that we may be able to share the good news of God with others." Here is my response today to the word 'watch'. Watch in the darkness with the labouring woman. Watch in the night with the crying child. Watch with the fearful who know no love. Wa...

During Advent, I am using #AdventWord2018 to stimulate reflection on Advent themes and share this with others on social media. On this 1st day of Advent today's word is #Journey. Journey is a word often used as a metaphor for life. Journey is also used to describe the dynamic nature of the Christian life, a life to be lived on the move with Christ. A Christian's #journey is one that has to start again each new day. It starts from the place where we are now, as the person we are now. Sometimes the route of the journey is unclear. Sometimes we take wrong turnings and need to retrace our steps to find the way. The destination of the Christian journey is life in all its fullness, the eternal life that Jesus promised and Jesus is both the Way and the Companion on the journey. John Birch has written a number of prayers exploring the Christian's daily walk with Christ. Here is one of his that I find helpful when the journey seems hard: "In my journeying with you, m...