Christmas is nearly on us – or perhaps it has already overtaken us – depending on the pressure and/or the amount of work the season has for you. Advent is celebrated by some of us, and it has been with us for a couple weeks. Typically, we do not use the word “celebrate” is respect … More Observe Advent this Christmas by Observing the Feelings of Others
I have taken the Missional Celtic Advent meditations you find here on this website, and expanded them some, adapted them some, and improved them some. Then I put them together in an eBook, which you can purchase for only $2.99 on Amazon.com. You can simultaneously help support this ministry and find inspiration in the wild … More Celtic Advent Meditations
The Celtic Missional Advent series is can be used in any year. It is designed to adapt to the changing dates of each year. The series is listed in the links below. It includes lessons about living the missional life as found in the story and scriptures of the Advent, and are matched with the lives … More Celtic Missional Advent Series 2016
Advent November 29, Saint Sadwrn’s Day Luke 2:36-38 Your Sacrifices Are Not Forgotten “There was also a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived seven years with her husband after her marriage, and then as a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple, … More Celtic Missional Advent November 29: Your Sacrifices are Not Forgotten
Advent November 28, Saint Fionnchu’s Day Romans 13:12-14 The Greatest Battle is Against Ourselves “The night is almost gone, and the day is near Therefore let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. Let us behave properly as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in … More Celtic Missional Advent November 28: Fionnchu of Bangor
Advent November 27, Saint Cyngar’s Day Matthew 2:25-34 God Knows Your Needs “Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold … More Celtic Missional Advent November 27th: God Knows Your Needs
December 25th: Saint Jarlath (Iarlaithe mac Loga) Luke 2:7 Serve Where You are Stranded and Broken “And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.” The first Christmas Day began as a small calamity. By … More Celtic Missional Advent December 25th: Serve Where You are Stranded and Broken
It’s Thanksgiving night, and a warm night for New England. I walked through the empty park under the full moon. The street lights in the park lit the walkways, and seemed too harsh against the gentle glow of the moon. I spoke out loud to myself, “I wish the street lights would go out.” A … More When Coincidence and Magic Kiss: God is There
The Celtic Missional Advent series is can be used in any year. It is designed to adapt to the changing dates of each year. The series is listed in the links below. It includes lessons about living the missional life as found in the story and scriptures of the Advent, and are matched with the lives … More Celtic Missional Advent Series
December 24th: Saint Mochua of Timahoe Matthew 2:1-2 The Missional life is a disciplined life “Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen … More Celtic Missional Advent December 24th: The Disciplined Life
Phil Wyman: Dim Saesneg 