Pause to Ponder

We’ve been called again this new year
to pick what’s life-giving
and share with good cheer

What joy to see children
find welcome places where their sensitive hearts
can thrive no matter what each faces

May the dreams of the child in all of us come true,
and may we find mentors and loved ones
to help all the year through

West Seattle Husky’s Ice cream
at Christmas Time
Forty years after my first cone there

By the grace of God joy and delight come
Always has, always will
No matter what the years may bring

With holiness revealed in the birth of a precious child
concern for the future of Mother Earth is awakened
stirring us to earth-friendly New Year resolve

A simple display of Christmas cheer
will transform hearts
all through the year

Carol and I and our companions, Mellie & Banjo
invite you to join us in celebrating the love of God
born in a lowly stable and in every humble heart

Joy to you and yours this Christmas
and may the peace Christ brings stir you
to gift others with kindness all through the year

Music is a sacred gift
a reflection of the goodness, beauty,
and stir of Love’s presence come into the world

Click on my YouTube Channel below for a special Christmas music offering:

Older now,
yet the child in me joins all of creation
singing Christmas into our soul again this year

Such joy to the world!—Our praising Love who comes
making a warm and safe haven in our hearts
even when bitter winds blow

Headed to Whidbey Island this Winter Solstice
where snow and the shortest day greet us
with the warm promise of life to be born
In the darkest regions of our hearts

We have as of old a choice this Christmas
For the hope and joy a child’s birth brings
We can gather with others and sing!