Walk
Haiku | Sunday November 27 2022 Advent Word "walk, don’t run!", says she - himself ambles to the pub to keep that wisdom #walk #AdventWord Oil painting by Artist Roxanne Steed | Photo by Roxanne Steed
Together
Haiku | Watercolor | Monday November 28 2022 Advent Word two trunks fused in love - as though a force of nature oned them together #together #AdventWord Photo of a watercolor painting by Artist...
Teach
Haiku | Watercolor |Tuesday November 29 2022 Advent Word we teach to convey the joy and gladness of our creativity #teach #AdventWord Watercolor Artist Roxanne Steed in a teaching moment at...
Mountains
Haiku | Watercolor | Wednesday November 30 2022 Advent Word ridge-lines and mountains - are slate-stained and stretched across the arc of the way #mountains #AdventWord Slate-colored mountains...
Make
Haiku | Thursday December 1 2022 Advent Word we make artfully with paper brush and pigment - peaceful practices #make #AdventWord Watercolor Artist Roxanne Steed practicing peace | Photo by Ron Steed
Ready!
Haiku | Watercolor | Friday December 2 2022 Advent Word: Ready young wedded couple - their new life stands before them volkswagen ready #ready #AdventWord Watercolor journal entry by Artist...
Unity
Haiku | Watercolor | Saturday December 3 2022 Advent Word: unity the One we worship - wants nothing more than to be with in unity #unity #AdventWord Watercolor journal entry by Artist Roxanne...
Delight
Haiku | Watercolor | Sunday December 4 2022 Advent Word: delight delight is finding someone living their best life - cat meditation #delight #AdventWord Watercolor journal entry by Artist Roxanne...
Rain
Haiku | Watercolor | Monday December 5 2022 Advent Word: rain plinking pattering - then a more lilting rain from kindness toward soaking #rain #AdventWordWatercolor painting by Artist Roxanne...
Welcome
Haiku | Watercolor | Tuesday December 6 2022 Advent Word: welcome lavender welcome - gentle hospitality bending giving-way #welcome #AdventWordWatercolor painting by Artist Roxanne Steed | Photo...
Winnowing
Haiku | Watercolor | Wednesday December 7 2022 Advent Word: winnowing tossing life aloft to separate fear from joy - Spirit winnowing #winnowing #AdventWord Watercolor painting by Artist Roxanne...
Breathe
Haiku | Watercolor | Thursday December 8 2022 Advent Word: breathe hills have life within - they breathe quietly resting with crops and blue sky #breathe #AdventWordWatercolor painting by Artist...
Fire
Haiku | Watercolor | Friday December 9 2022 Advent Word: fire heart-fire of people who sang away our grieving - common loss and hope #fire #AdventWord Watercolor painting by Artist Roxanne Steed |...
Sermon: Abandoning the Self
Clip source: Editing%20Sermon%3A%20Abandoning%20the%20Self%20%u2013%20Medium ST ANDREW’S DAY | THE WAY Sermon: Abandoning the SelfSt. Andrews Episcopal Church, Madison, CT ¹Taken from Matthew...
earth-tones saturate
earth-tones saturate autumn pumpkins and flowers - seedtime fruitfulness
time of golden light
time of golden light season of raking shadows - fall falls on farm fields
goldenrod seed heads
goldenrod seed heads foreshadow the coming snow - blowing drifty fluff
goldenrod seed heads
goldenrod seed heads foreshadow the coming snow - blowing drifty fluff
that liminal place
that liminal time when green and gold are partners - october brilliance
Sermon: Jesus- Deeply Woven into the Fabric of Every Life
St. Andrews Episcopal Church, Madison, CT ¹JUSTICE | FAITH | AUTHENTIC STORYTELLING Taken from:Luke 18:1-8 (NRSV)Jesus told the disciples a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose...
Seeing is Believing
Sermon for 16 Pentecost (year C), September 25, 2022 St. Andrews Episcopal Church, Madison, CT I had a good friend who retired from the Navy not so long ago. He and his wife were pretty well-off...
Do We Know What They Need?
SHORTFORM | HEALING | HEARTDo We Know What They Need?Praying for the Healing of Others Healing prayer is tricky. We think we know what another needs, but do we? Really, we haven’t got a clue; but...
fans for pharaoh
sulfer-shelf mushrooms - fashioned like fans for pharaoh to freshen the woods
plinking plattering
plinking plattering - summer-rain juices color softens the foot-fall
tumble-tree blues
flute-throated oysters belt out the tumble-tree blues - chorus of mushrooms
woods-walk in bare feet
woods-walk in bare feet crispy moss moans for water - hard on sole and soul
poplar drought drop
poplar drought drop - she sheds her shirts to shrink the laundry load
ripened red berries
ripened red berries - found way through the undergrowth to entice the birds
griefs dropped on the path
griefs dropped on the path roots lift in love to the leaves - pheromone rainstorm
Warning! Danger! Bees!
Warning! Danger! Bees! - their honey-nest just outside wisely-closed window
a rain-softened day
a rain-softened day - wispy-mist gentles the eyes colors glow lines blend
the empty heartspace
the empty heartspace - aches to be filled with the beans of freshly ground love
Let the bee-pace be
let the bee-pace be branch-sway opens the heart-space - sun-like inner light
food artfully real
food artfully real - tastes of wheatgrass, vineyards and mycelium’d soil
20220619 Sermon for Proper 7
20220619 Sermon for Proper 7 It was my joy and pleasure yesterday to bear witness to Jill’s ordination to the Sacred Order of Deacons. Now, when you have more than one Deacon in a given location,...
I Came to Bring Fire…
20220814 Sermon for Proper 15 and Feast Day of Jonathan Daniels, at St. Andrews Episcopal Chruch, Madison, CT On this day, we celebrate the life of Jonathan Daniels, an Episcopal seminarian who...
Homelessness
Sermon for Trinity Sunday June 12, 2022. St Peter’s Episcopal Church Hebron, CT Come, Holy Trinity, fill our hearts, and kindle in us the FIRE of your love. Good morning friends! My am Deacon Ron...
Doubt… Courage… Amazement…
Sermon for Easter Sunday April 17, 2022. St Andrew’s Episcopal Church Madison, CT Come, Holy Spirit, fill our hearts and kindle in us the fire of your love. They burst through the door of the...
Sermon for Maundy Thursday, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church Madison, CT
Three companions sit at a table waiting for the news, quietly and lovingly regarding one another. After eons, the cusp of the moment has finally come. They think back to a time so distant that it...
Filled with Expectation
Sermon for 1 Epiphany (Year C), January 9, 2022 St. Andrews Episcopal Church, Madison, CT. "All the people were filled with expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John,...
Follow the Blessing
Sermon for 6 Epiphany (Year C), February 13, 2022 St. Andrews Episcopal Church, Madison, CT. When I was in the Navy, I was once stationed at The Pentagon with a small team who had tremendous...
lamentation
lamentation - Rachel weeps for children who are no more Do you have a haiku for this moment? #innocents #weeping #lamentation
Deacon Stephen's light
Deacon Stephen's light - rakes low enough to shine in dark places Do you have a haiku for this moment? #deacon #light #shine
Saint John testifies
Saint John testifies to the flaming heart revealed - the light we walk in Do you have a haiku for this moment? #heart #flame #light
the winter meadow
the winter meadow - stands stiffly in tweed coats and golden breeches Do you have a haiku for this moment? #winter #meadow #tweed
tidal marsh mud flat
tidal marsh mud flat - collector of detritus and loose shoes Do you have a haiku for this moment? #mudflat #detritus #shoes
wind-whipped ripples
wind-whipped ripples bent along the mud flat - riprap abstract Do you have a haiku for this moment? #ripples #mudflat #riprap
cold season samba
cold season samba - swirly leaves swish and sway to the meadow-beat Do you have a haiku for this moment? #samba #sway #meadow
solidago
solidago - frosty gold that glints with seasonal glory Do you have a haiku for this moment? #solidago #gold #glory
winter's trail scales
winter's trail scales the meadow grasses under bones of tree and sky Do you have a haiku for this moment? #trail #meadow #bones
simple phragmites
simple phragmites - to bow and to bend they shan't be ashamed Do you have a haiku for this moment? #phragmites #simplegifts #bow
smilax the wood nymph
smilax the wood nymph- she had prickly character and a heart on fire Do you have a haiku for this moment? #smilax #nymph #heart
sumac leads the choir
sumac leads the choir with blazing-red beads of fire - winter procession Do you have a haiku for this moment? #procession #sumac #fire
winter reed-hurdle
winter reed-hurdle - keeps wanderers from mucking in the tidal pools Do you have a haiku for this moment? #wander #muck #tidepools
Advent Word- Promise
next year's growth held in trust by this year's plants - promise Do you have a haiku for this Advent word? #adventword #ECCT #ECCTSE #promise
Advent Word- Strength
in meditation she holds the dome of the sky- strength Do you have a haiku for this Advent word? #adventword #ECCT #ECCTSE #strength
Advent Word- Soul
soul- the color that shines forth when hard frost comes Do you have a haiku for this Advent word? #adventword #ECCT #ECCTSE #soul
Advent Word- Path
though worn by passage each sees the way with new eyes- path Do you have a haiku for this Advent word? #adventword #ECCT #ECCTSE #path
Advent Word- Justice
justice - can we imagine healing for wounds that run deep? Do you have a haiku for this Advent word? #adventword #ECCT #ECCTSE #justice
Advent Word- Fulfill
spirit gathers then healing spills over cheeks - fulfill Do you have a haiku for this Advent word? #adventword #ECCT #ECCTSE #fulfill
Advent Word- Heart
where spirit flows like rivers, grows like trees - heart Do you have a haiku for this Advent word? #adventword #ECCT #ECCTSE #heart
Advent Word- Praise
praise - what happens when we grow in god's time and place Do you have a haiku for this Advent word? #adventword #ECCT #ECCTSE #praise
Advent Word- Everlasting
The feeling we have when seed forms and scatters - everlasting Do you have a haiku for this Advent word? #adventword #ECCT #ECCTSE #everlasting
Advent Word- Messenger
the one who tells us things that will transform us - messenger Do you have a haiku for this Advent word? #adventword #ECCT #ECCTSE #messenger
Advent Word- Offering
offering - when we gift the things that bring joy to our heart Do you have a haiku for this Advent word? #adventword #ECCT #ECCTSE #offering painting by @thecurlyhairedpainter
Advent Word- Repent
the feeling one has when a new way beckons - repent Do you have a haiku for this Advent word? #adventword #ECCT #ECCTSE #repent
Advent Word- Splendor
splendor - the thing we see at moments when hope is in us Do you have a haiku for this Advent word? #adventword #ECCT #ECCTSE #splendor
Advent Word- Compassion
not there to stop tears but sit with as they gather - compassion Do you have a haiku for this Advent word? #adventword #ECCT #ECCTSE #compassion
Advent Word- Expectation
expectation - that at any moment spirit can be there Do you have a haiku for this Advent word? #adventword #ECCT #ECCTSE #expectation
Advent Word- Share
to have a moment that someone helped us to find - share Do you have a haiku for this Advent word? #adventword #ECCT #ECCTSE #share
Advent Word- Exult
exault - when snowdrops break through the icy spots Do you have a haiku for this Advent word? #adventword #ECCT #ECCTSE #exult
Advent Word- Stir
when buds swell and break out of their hard shells - stir Do you have a haiku for this Advent word? #adventword #ECCT #ECCTSE #stir
Advent Word- Gladness
gladness - when witch hazel breaks out in the winter gloom Do you have a haiku for this Advent word? #adventword #ECCT #ECCTSE #gladness