A simple Christmas Prayer for 2021

Creator of all that is,
You are with us.

You hold your children

and our broken world

in your tenderness.

Let your Love 

shine through us

and help us

to care for each other

and all that is.

+Amen.

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Most people will see Madonna and child, but this image has many other layers. It came to me as the pandemic began. I found myself climbing into God's lap to just be held. As time went on, I turned and looked with Creator at our world's brokenness, praying for wholeness for everything that is. The eagle feather is a sign of Creator, so it became part of the image early on.

Merry Christmas, dear readers. May you know yourselves to be held in love no matter what comes.

Wisdom and serenity for our present circumstances

The video below is full of hard truths about the cost of progress and our denial of the many problems we face as a human race... and offers some helpful suggestions for how to move beyond them. It's also quite liberating in the way it demonstrates that human short-sightedness is, quite simply, something that's centuries old, something we cannot blame on each other in our present day, something we have to forgive ourselves for, and about which we need to continue to be compassionate towards others. Had human civilizations understood, as many of our Indigenous communities do, that reciprocity with nature rather than its exploitation is the only way to sustainable living, we wouldn't be facing so many crises now.

There are always more questions than answers when it comes to the future, but the real trick is to move forward just doing our best -- and drawing the best out of each other. Grow a garden, grow community, grow kindness, do what we can to care for the planet (love-in-action) and leave the rest. Grieve, adapt, and change as best we can, and encourage others to do the same.

If you haven't heard of Michael Dowd, I recommend checking out his website, postdoom.com. There's a heckuva lot of wisdom there...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFGHdOyyx74

Sharing more music -- Hometown, by Double Double

The kids have done it again... Today Double Double released their entire collection of new tunes, and as a proud mama, I'm sharing the link to Hometown, their EP, here. 

Left on the Light tells the story of a waning relationship. So Fine is about a couple who keep flying off in different directions and who look forward to being together. Lucky is a reminder to appreciate what we have (a favourite theme of mine here in these moodlings!) and Downtown Girl just rocks and rolls.

Enjoy! And have a good weekend!