I have just watched and listened to this beautiful carol from the Advent Calendar on
Embrace the Middle East website...
click this link: http://www.embraceme.org/8-dec
and listen to the Byzantine Nativity, whilst watching photos and ancient icons
from Egypt / Sinai / Bethlehem and Syria.
I found this very moving, especially after all the news from Syria
and after reading "Once Upon a Country " by Sari Nusseibeh
Sunday 8 December 2013
Tuesday 3 December 2013
Waiting...awaiting... ?
What a contrast! All the news reports of "Cyber Monday" and the great buying spree ... and I was just gathering thoughts together about "Waiting... awaiting... " and RS Thomas: "the meaning is in the waiting..."
What kind of Advent painting to begin? ...mulling it over whilst cleaning the bathroom...hoovering...
possibly the profile of a pregnant woman ?
For me that would symbolize new life, hope, an expectant waiting...
...a long term awaiting...
for what ? what are we really waiting and hoping for in our lives ?
...in our society ?
...in the world ?
"What am I expecting? "... this painting has just come through on a blog link:
http://www.episcopalcafe.com/art/
and Ive just come across an Advent Calendar about people in the Middle East: http://www.embraceme.org/advent-calendar
What kind of Advent painting to begin? ...mulling it over whilst cleaning the bathroom...hoovering...
possibly the profile of a pregnant woman ?
For me that would symbolize new life, hope, an expectant waiting...
...a long term awaiting...
for what ? what are we really waiting and hoping for in our lives ?
...in our society ?
...in the world ?
"What am I expecting? "... this painting has just come through on a blog link:
http://www.episcopalcafe.com/art/
and Ive just come across an Advent Calendar about people in the Middle East: http://www.embraceme.org/advent-calendar
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