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ADVENT
The way
A baker dusts a bread board Cradle your hands
A sister lights the altar candles Above your longing heart
Place your mat upon the earth Listen for silent air to
Quicken the still small voice
Like hands
Kneading moist dough Keep watch and wait for breath to
Reach and root and pour yourself Rise and fall and rise again
Into the ancient rite Rise at your natural rising to
Welcome home the bread and breath of life
Dwell on sacred space
Find and press your spine
a singular pearl at a time
Into firm and holy ground
Katharine Baker-Carr is an ordained minister in the United Church
of Christ. She has served as a parish pastor in Connecticut and
Massachusetts as well as a college chaplain. In addition, she has held
leadership positions in health care management and communications.
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