Prayers to be said on the four Sundays of Advent while lighting the Advent candle wreath.

As we repent in full body and form, secure our names and the generations to come as you have done through time. God who blessed the womb of life, save us once again.

We—you and I—are in-between right now

Self-compassion was one of the best gifts I gave myself.

The miracle of grace is available to us even when it has been left untended.

Beneath the crust of earth, seeds and bulbs lay in store.

Advent encourages us to be present in each moment of waiting.

For me, “surrendering everything tenderly” brings an awareness of grace.

We light this chalice today to illuminate our way toward Love.

I am learning to give up needing to know the answers, and instead live with the questions.

We need resilience, perseverance, and persistence.

Emergence, becoming, is inherent in each of us.

I am no longer a victim of change: I am shaping the world that is to come.

Spirit of Life and Love, help me to notice when I am hooked.

We’re staying home. Love has never asked this of us before. We’re staying home, this is our gift to humanity. Let us wish each other well. For those staying home alone, I offer you this blessing. May you grow a deeper understanding of your own worth. Dear one, leaven the aloneness with gentle...

A seed knows how to wait. Most seeds wait for several years before starting to grow; a cherry seed can wait for a hundred years with no problem. What exactly each seed is waiting for is known only to that seed. Some unique trigger-combination of temperature-moisture-light and many other things is...

Outside of the meditation hall, we plan for the future and think of the past. But so often we replay past regrets and worry about future events to the point where we’re no longer present in the present.

Everything is about to change. And it already has. It will be. It was. It is. The dawn you eagerly await to end the long, cold darkness is already full sun far off in the east. Yet even after light’s return spring is months away. Thirty long years pass after His birth before the Messiah comes.

In this time of waiting, may we hold the world in our hearts. In this time of waiting, may we hold each other's hands. In this time of waiting, may we be thoughtful and introspective. In this time of waiting, may we delight in the darkness and all it teaches us. In this time of waiting, may we...

Advent is about expectation—radical expectations that undo the status quo—and anticipation: a skillful search for the places where liberation rises from the ashes.