A Reflections Series for Advent
“I will give you the treasures of darkness, riches stored in secret places…” Isaiah 45:3
Most of us don’t relish the coming of the dark days of winter. But they have their own riches, invitations to rest, lie fallow, look after ourselves, dream new dreams. Time spent in darkness encourages us to journey inwards, think about living with mystery, And, just at the darkest point of the year, we celebrate the arrival of the small but unextinguishable Light of the World.
New audio reflections will be posted on Thursdays: December 5th, 12th and 19th.
Read more about how the retreat works here:
There’s a complete copy of the booklet here, with all the images in colour:
The song used on the audio is ‘Winter Gifting’ by Tom McGuinness, copyright Tom McGuinness, used by permission. The album of the same name is available from McCrimmons. Incidental music is from https://www.purple-planet.com. The cover image for the retreat is by Mike Labrum on Unsplash.
Introduction: Why Darkness?
Part 1: Fallow
Part 2: Source posted Thursday 5th December
Part 3: Hidden posted Thursday 12th December
Part 4: Spark posted Thursday 19th December