Esther Benedict Esther Benedict

2019 Word for the Year - "Walking"

Doing justice, loving kindness - these are fairly easy to understand, if not always east to put into action. Walking humbly with God - this one I have struggled with. What does it mean? How to put it into action?

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Esther Benedict Esther Benedict

For such a time as this

I wove on the red Star of Bethlehem stole last night, the news playing in the background.

Red is the liturgical color symbolizing the presence of the Holy Spirit. It is worn at Pentecost, at ordinations, confirmations and on the feasts of martyrs. As I wove, the words of a modern hymn repeated in my mind.

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