The Mockingbird is leaping for Advent
‘beauty and grace are performed whether or not we will or sense them. the least we can do is try to be there.’ annie dillard
In light of the comments on advent and taking time to notice things and listen to the life around us, I thought I’d draw your attention to an advent blog that I’m involved in. It was put together by a friend of mine in Belfast and has contributors from all around the world including myself. He has simply asked us all to be attentive to the world around us during advent. It’s an experiment in spiritual attention to the presence of God all around us in every day and we do it during Advent as a preparation for the coming of Christ at Christmas. His prayer is that we will all be impacted by the immense presence of God in the world. It begins, and maybe ends, in simply witnessing to an experience of grace in our day. It may simply be the statement of an address or location, or it may be an extended meditation or a poem, it may be a photograph or a piece of video, whatever it is that speaks a blessing into our lives during Advent, bearing testimony to it on the blog, and we’ll see if we can accumulate a daily witness until Christmas Day itself. The days of the Advent season provide ample time for good habits of attention to take hold and grow in our lives.
Click on the title above to go straight to the Blog and feel free to add your own comments as we enter advent. Last night I was reading Andrews description of the Moot Service with the clock face and wishing I had been there. And reading the TS Eliot poem it seemed somehow appropriate for an advent blog and I have posted it there.
blessings
M
