by superadmin | Dec 18, 2015 | Advent Meditations
The Rev. Canon Anne E. Kitch Canon for Ministry Formation and Transitions Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Psalm 51:11 “You need to take something off your plate,” my wise friend tells me in what is perhaps the understatement of...
by superadmin | Dec 17, 2015 | Advent Meditations
The Rev. Canon Anne E. Kitch Canon for Ministry Formation and Transitions I know every bird in the sky, and the creatures of the fields are in my sight. Psalm 50:11 I know the creature’s presence by the rustling in the bushes. Squirrel? Bird? Chipmunk? I stop, letting...
by superadmin | Dec 16, 2015 | Advent Meditations
The Rev. Canon Anne E. Kitch Canon for Ministry Formation and Transitions Your statutes have been like songs to me wherever I have lived as a stranger. Psalm 119:54 I pick up just the right kind of flat stone and skip it across the water. Not my best, but not too...
by superadmin | Dec 15, 2015 | Advent Meditations
The Rev. Canon Anne E. Kitch Canon for Ministry Formation and Transitions By the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will break upon us, to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. Luke...
by superadmin | Dec 14, 2015 | Advent Meditations
The Rev. Canon Anne E. Kitch Canon for Ministry Formation and Transitions But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever. Psalm 52:8 Even though I know it is a bit ridiculous, I grab my coat as I walk out the door....
by superadmin | Dec 12, 2015 | Advent Meditations
The Rev. Canon Anne E. Kitch Canon for Ministry Formation and Transitions As the deer longs for the water-brooks, so longs my soul for you, O God. Psalm 42:1 As we round a curve on our walk, I motion my daughter to stillness. Ahead of us some deer venture out of the...
