Winter Solstice and the Pilgrimage of the Firefly

When the seasons are changing how do we respond? This episode we talk about the light that is found when we begin to look within, the wisdom of learning to walk in the darkness, and the different ways that we can honor the changing weather and our changing humanity. Whether we call it Winter Solstice, Advent, or simply the movement from fall to winter- how are we being invited into our own depths and what will our response be? 

Cool stuff we mentioned this week (or meant to anyways): 
Find "Common Eastern Firefly" in the book "All Creation Waits: The Advent Mystery of New Beginnings" 
Snowy Night by Mary Oliver
Advent from a United Methodist Perspective 
Advent: In Anticipation 
Winter Solstice
To Know the Dark by: Wendell Berry
Barbara Brown Taylor


Chapters
00:00 The Life Cycle of Fireflies: A Metaphor for Transformation
05:22 The Winter Solstice: A Time for Reflection and Growth
10:54 The Beauty of the Night Sky: Nature's Wonder
16:22 The Journey of Advent: Waiting and Anticipation
21:52 Apocalyptic Texts: The Promise of New Birth
27:00 The Journey into Darkness
32:17 Disorder, Reorder, and Orientation
37:28 Finding Connection in the Dark