Where Love Rejoices
I. It wasn’t my best work. Loosely stacked in three-line stanzas, any punctuation replaced by large toothless gaps between the clauses, the poem was as awkward...
I. It wasn’t my best work. Loosely stacked in three-line stanzas, any punctuation replaced by large toothless gaps between the clauses, the poem was as awkward...
One of the marks of Christian celebration is an exuberant naming of why we rejoice. Celebration is a meaningful and just thing to do, even...
There is a tradition in Dunedin, where I live, where church bells are rung whenever the first albatross of the season returns to nest at...
The celebration God calls us to never comes cheaply. In times of struggle, celebration can seem frivolous, wasteful, and disconnected, but, as has been explored...
Kia ora, After a full and challenging year, we’re pleased to bring you the last edition of Common Ground for 2020. This edition focuses on the season...
Images: Juanita Madden, December 2020, Watercolour with gold paint on paper This Advent, my imagination has been captured by the evocation that, while awaiting the birth...
The Church begins preparing for Christmas on or about December 1, walks through four weeks of meditation on why Jesus needed to come and what...
Weird—renaissance baby Jesus. Cursive text declaring Peace or Joy or Merry Christmas. Glitter. Soft focus trees, candles, and wreaths. More glitter. Cute animals wearing red...