Growing Greenpatches

...from Persian lands afar.... Yes, the  Wise Men  are back. Listen to their wise words over at  Spiritually Directed . Thanks, Roberta!

to all my readers, if they're still there!  Many many reasons for the lack of bloggery this Advent, some of which I...

O come, O come, thou swallow small,    responding to your infants' call,    fly far and wide across the earth   and end with hope...

Here's one of my favourite places to visit this Advent - our town's  new Christmas market, first proper  one we've ever had. N...

Let's approach Christmas with an expectant hush, rather than a last-minute rush.  - by that well-known personage 'Anon.'

You keep us waiting. You, the God of all time, Want us to wait for the right time in which to discover Who we are, where we ...

Let us be like the lark, enemy of the night, who always announces the dawn and awakens in each creature the love of light and life.  ...