Home For The Holidays

A number of people have already asked me if I have plans for Christmas. A couple have expressed their heartfelt sympathies that I will need to spend the holiday by myself, terribly alone, suffering the incomparable burden of being separated from family and friends for what could have been a potentially pleasant- even joyful- season. To restore some kind of balance to, it was good to see a wall hanging yesterday that read, "Cambodia- Home For The Holidays."

While I don't yet have any plans for December 25, I am reading through the advent readings for the four weeks leading up to Christmas day. Each week I'm attempting to write a reflection based on the readings and put the words into picture form by making a collage to go with it.

Here's my first reflection from Sunday, November 27.

Break In (From Isaiah 64:1-9)

Oh God, I long for you to
break in
burst forth
come down.
You are the God who works for those
who wait for you.
Yet I am constant
in my inconsistency.
Good ideas and best intentions
Brittle brown like autumn leaves crack.
Turn me again to yourself.
Look at me.
Come down.
Burst forth.
Break in.