December 2011
60 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-25) →
Andrew Peterson (38)
Sufjan Stevens (24)
The Cambridge Singers (14)
Hem (13)
Frightened Rabbit (13)
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mythologyofblue:
The lightest particles gather the energy, he says, and given their density, outweigh stars.
-Rosmarie Waldrop, from “Conversation 12: On Hieroglyphs,” Reluctant Gravities +
“We have to create. It is the only thing louder than destruction.”
– Andrea Gibson
“In times of war even the crudest kind of positive affection between persons...”
– W. H. Auden, The Age of Anxiety (via wesleyhill)
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advent bits X
“ God is not interested in our glory unless we are cognisant of its Source. He does not call us to ordinary things, or when He does, the movement of grace is such that they never stay ordinary. This is the traveling mercy, the joy that as we go on our way with all our expectations, He is ever before us preparing a better story than we could imagine. I wonder, if in the moment when a look...
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advent bits IX
“Incomprehensible One who cradles galaxies in the palm of His hand, whom highest heavens cannot contain, curls his newborn fist in a barn feed trough on orbiting earth — and we’re saved from ourselves.
God with us.… God whirling with us here on this singular, pale blue dot.
Emmanuel… God with us.
We are not alone.”
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advent bits VIII
“Imagine you are Israel. For four hundred years God has been silent. Not a word has been said to His chosen people. Do you notice the silence? Do you notice the longing? Do you notice your heart cry out for your Messiah as it was made to do? Does Israel’s collective heart beat just a bit quicker as unwed, pregnant Mary and Joseph, the man who was not the baby’s father, drew closer to...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-18) →
Andrew Peterson (34)
Tycho (11)
Linkin Park (8)
Marié Digby (7)
David Crowder Band (5)
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“The impeded stream is the one that sings.”
– Wendell Berry, from “The Real Work”
“Surrounded by a deep and comfortable sea of blank space, she is right there—one...”
– Stacey Schiff, from Vera: Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-11) →
Alison Cornell (36)
Andrew Peterson (13)
Tycho (13)
The Swell Season (13)
Sigur Rós (11)
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advent bits VII
“But we keep it quiet, the mess of the Incarnation, because it’s just not church-y enough and men don’t quite understand and it’s personal, private, there aren’t words for this and it’s a bit too much. It’s too much pain, too much waiting, too much humanity, too much God, too much work, too much joy, too much love and far too messy. With far too little control. And sometimes it does not go...
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“Stir up your power, O Lord, and with great might come among us; and, because we...”
– Collect for the Third Sunday of Advent from the Book of Common Prayer\
this one's for the sisters. →
suzyhumanity:
if you’re a lady, this is a must-read. if you’re a gentlemen {or not-so-much}, this is a definite read.
{so encouraged by this.}
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advent bits VI
An Advent Prayer by Henri Nouwen
Lord Jesus,
Master of both the light and the darkness, send your Holy Spirit upon our preparations for Christmas.
We who have so much to do, seek quiet spaces to hear your voice each day.
We who are anxious over many things, look forward to your coming among us.
We who are blessed in so many ways, long for the complete joy of your kingdom.
We whose hearts...
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“what are you doing? memorizing me by heart?”
“no. I already know you by heart.”
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advent bits V
“There is a principle here that applies to you and me: God takes small, imperfect things and builds them into a habitation for his glory. O, how we should take courage in our little spheres of influence! And is this not the message of Advent and Christmas?
What more appropriate word could God have said to Mary as Jesus was growing up: Take courage, young mother, you build more than you see....