by Kristin Camp | Dec 28, 2022 | Marta Blog
Christmastide After four weeks of reflecting upon Isaiah’s prophecies lovely hymns and prayers four weeks of creatively browsing, shopping and wrapping gifts for loved ones, cleaning, baking, and list making Advent is complete and I look forward to the beautiful gift...
by Kristin Camp | Dec 21, 2022 | Marta Blog
Holy Gifts Snuggled between the layers of holy breaths ‘Lessons and Carols of Advent’ remind us that even now “All the World is Waiting to See the Promised One” and the anticipated time when the sanctuary will be lit by a hundred small yet significant, flickering...
by Kristin Camp | Dec 14, 2022 | Marta Blog
The Longest Night Taking off on the trail as the last light of day recedes beyond the horizon hoping to find myself and this being that I call God. For a while, fear has tightened shoulder, back, and belly over what has been and what I perceive will be. Like an owl...
by Kristin Camp | Dec 8, 2022 | Marta Blog
Embracing Life Abracadabra, fiddle dee dee today I’ve had so many nice things done for me! What do I do with this goodness such incomparable kindness in twenty-four hours? What will I do with this mysterious joy that flows from the depths of my soul in praises? How...
by Kristin Camp | Nov 30, 2022 | Marta Blog
Set Aside Doldrums Muted browns and greys have a tendency to sap my spirit as the brush is dipped solely in earth-tones on the neighborhood canvas before the first snow of 2022 falls here we survive the darkness by awaiting the spectacular moment when the horizon...
by Kristin Camp | Nov 23, 2022 | Marta Blog
Listen to the Whispers Besides the sturdy oak trees most of the leaves have fallen. Although we’ve walked these paths hundreds of times everything looks strange and new. Without the foliage I dream up angels perched upon the limbs protecting passers-by and whispering...
