Chris Hooker

Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Saint John Resting on the Bosom of Christ 1300–1320 The Cleveland Museum of ArtOn view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, Oct 16, 2025 – Mar 29, 2026 Genesis 49:2 8-10 Psalm 72:

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Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Zephaniah 3:1-2, 9-13 Psalm 34:1-8, 15-22 Matthew 21:28-32 “I sought the Lord, and he answered me”. Psalm 34:4Today’s readings describe crying for help, seeking refuge, offering repentance, accepting correction and making personal change. Change? Really?

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Monday, December 15, 2025

Christmas Tree Cluster X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: Clow, M.; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare and K. Arcand Numbers 24: 2–7, 15–17a Psalm 25:3–8Matthew. 21:23–27 From the beginning of human life on earth, it is understood that people

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Sunday, December 14, 2025

Isaiah 35:1-10 Psalm 146: 4-9 James 5:7-10 Matthew 11: 2-11 I can recall the excitement of our children for Christmas, as we started to fill the Advent calendar, knowing that the last insert meant Christmas

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Saturday, December 13, 2025

Sirach 48:1-11 Psalm 80:1-3, 14-18 Matthew 17:9-13 The gentle hush of winter’s approach settles over December, a season when anticipation and memories intermingle around the glow of Advent. As the days grow shorter, hearts prepare

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Friday, December 12, 2025

National Gallery of Art. Leaf from a Choir Book (Antiphonary) 1450 Isaiah 48:17-19 Psalm 1Matthew 11:16-19 We anticipate good things and bad things. In our complicated, troubled world, anticipation, sadly, harkens the latter. Wars, actual

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Thursday, December 11, 2025

Isaiah 41:13-20 Psalm 145: 1-4, 8-13 Matthew 11:7-15 At the beginning of Matthew 11, we read that John the Baptist is in prison. John has sent his disciples to ask Jesus, “Are you the one

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Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Dum Spiro/ While I Breathe, I Hope Seeking the Dove David W. Opheim  Isaiah 40:25-31 Psalm 103:1-10 Matthew 11:28-30 Many are praying and longing for peace. We have prayed passionately and frequently for those in authority to

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Zentangle Workshop

Zentangle Workshop Embark on a journey filled with pen strokes and patterns.  The Zentangle® Method is a fun, easy to learn, relaxing, and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns.  Almost anyone

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Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Isaiah 40: 1-11 Psalm 96Matthew 18:12- 14 To anticipate is to realize beforehand, to foretaste or foresee. Anticipation is about intuition or prescience as well as expectation and hope. It is about trusting the signs

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