Month: November 2022

Advent One: Come Thou Long Expected Jesus

https://traffic.libsyn.com/contemplativeathome/Advent_1_Come_Thou_Long_Expected_Jesus_-_Isaiah_35_-_25-11-2022_11.04.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedThe liturgical year has closed and a new year dawns with Advent, as we, laden with sorrow and suffering within and without, long for healing and restoration, for justice, for …

Questions Jesus Asked: Why Do You Call Me Lord, Lord (and do not do what I say)?

https://traffic.libsyn.com/contemplativeathome/why_do_you_call_me_lord_lord_-_18-11-2022_09.56.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedThis is a meditation with Luke 6:46-49. I hope that this slow and mindful approach to the story of the houses with – and without – foundations will open something …

Advent and Christmas Books to Share with Children

Dear Friends, My first spiritual director was my own dear Mama, who told me in countless ways about the deep and welcoming love of Christ. One of the mediums for this message was through the reading aloud of …

Questions Jesus Asked: What do you want me to do for you?

https://traffic.libsyn.com/contemplativeathome/Questions_Jesus_Asked_What_do_you_want_me_to_do_for_you.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedA meditation on Mark 10:46-52 As Jesus, his disciples and many others leave Jericho together, they pass a man begging on the side of the road. He causes an awkward …