#adventapertures is back in 2024

After a break of a couple of years, I decided I wanted to write another series of daily photo reflections for Advent 2024. These #adventapertures (as I call them) bring a huge variety of source material together – from poetry, news journalism, cultural comment, scientific insight and music to biblical writings and liturgy. Each day I twist together words and image in ways that fuse the themes of Advent together over the course of 25 days. I write from a Christian perspective, but may refer to other faith traditions. I also write from a perspective of an artist who lives with chronic illness.

Some photoreflections will be a briefer read than others, but some readers in the past have told me that these photoreflections are worth the deepdive and time commitment. Other readers just sit with the photos (and perhaps the title), creating their own set aside time as a pause at a period of the year which many provide increasingly difficult – whether they are overbusy, feeling isolated, fearing for the state of the world, or whether the coming of the winter dark is not an opportunity for cosiness. and festivities.

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I look forward to your company as we journey together toward Christmas.