"In this image, Zechariah holds his baby boy. He speaks a blessing, a berakah... Zechariah sees what his son will become and begins to speak his future into being from the start." — “Berakah” by Hannah Garrity | A Sanctified Art #closetohome #advent2021 #htlcadvent2021

"How do we determine what is best? We constantly strive, extending our hands and stretching our fingertips to get a grasp of the person of Jesus, having our lives transformed in love along the way." — “Harvest of Righteousness” by Lauren Wright Pittman | A Sanctified Art

What is the foundation of your faith? Who has helped lay the foundation for you? How are you helping to lay the foundation for others? | A Sanctified Art #closetohome #advent2021 #htlcadvent2021

"We lay a foundation for what is to be Not knowing yet praying for what we can’t see We trust in God’s imagination to build From blueprints and hope for a dream yet fulfilled" — from "Zechariah's Lullaby" by Anna Strickland | A Sanctified Art #closetohome #advent2021

Nourish and sustain yourself with rest. What Sabbath activity will you commit to today? | A Sanctified Art #closetohome #advent2021 #htlcadvent2021

"I will keep praying. I will give you my second coat, and the shirt off my back, and the food from my table. I won’t give up on preparing the way." — from “Advocating for Home” by Rev. Sarah Speed | A Sanctified Art #closetohome #advent2021 #htlcadvent2021

"Bear fruit worthy of repentance, clothing the naked, feeding the hungry, giving voice to the silenced and oppressed, speaking truth to power, and protecting and empowering the vulnerable." — Elder Vilmarie Cintrón-Olivieri on Lk. 3:1-18 | A Sanctified Art #closetohome #Advent2021

"A Palestinian Arab-Israeli, Abuna Chacour is a well-respected activist and educator... His life’s work embodies the courageous and prophetic pointing to a better way that I also see in John the Baptist." — “A Closer Walk” by T. Denise Anderson | A Sanctified Art #closetohome

"Nothing is beyond redemption. Collective belonging gives way for collective joy—joy that is free and full. God’s love will find a way to renew us and gather us in." — “Gather Us In” by Lisle Gwynn Garrity | A Sanctified Art #closetohome #advent2021 #htlcadvent2021

Imagine the blueprint of a home for all. What details, structures, or aspects of your blueprint symbolize hospitality and radical welcome? | A Sanctified Art #closetohome #Advent2021 #htlcadvent2021

"But the greatest gift we share Is a world that’s just and fair Though it feels so far away We work for God’s promised day Prophets of the ages call: 'We must build a home for all'” — from "A Home for All" by Anna Strickland | A Sanctified Art #closetohome #Advent2021

Nourish and sustain yourself with rest. What Sabbath activity will you commit to today? | A Sanctified Art #closetohome #advent2021 #htlcadvent2021

"Is there anything more healing than an open door? If you’re seeking sanctuary, if the waters are rising— listen. It may be hard to hear, but God is always saying, 'Come on home.'” — from “Come on Home” by Rev. Sarah Speed | A Sanctified Art #closetohome #Advent2021

"Elizabeth’s welcome, blessing, and care were safe space, just what [Mary] needed as she prepared for the important call ahead... Mary herself was sanctuary and Jesus’ first home." — Elder Vilmarie Cintrón-Olivieri on Lk. 1:39-55 | A Sanctified Art #closetohome #Advent2021

"The central story of the text emerges as John dances with joy in his mother’s womb of this world. Around him the patterns of his baptisms flow outward into the miracles of Jesus, woven into the flow of landforms and waters." — “Dances for Joy” by Hannah Garrity | A Sanctified Art

"This visual expresses the mood of the Magnificat in a new way for me: a young girl under occupation, sent away for her own safety, responding to not only her own oppression, but to that of her community." — “Redemption Song” by T. Denise Anderson | A Sanctified Art #closetohome

"At the end of the day we are all just a collection of heart and bones walking through this world, exchanging invitations, saying to one another in a million little ways—come matter here." — from “Invitations” by Rev. Sarah Speed | A Sanctified Art #closetohome #Advent2021

"Someone offered an unexpected space, making holy room for Jesus’s birth... Where two were invited in, room was made for more, welcomed in to share in the blessing." — Elder Vilmarie Cintrón-Olivieri on Lk. 2:1-20 | A Sanctified Art #closetohome #advent2021 #htlcadvent2021

"In this familiar narrative, what stuck out for me in this reading was the juxtaposition of human and divine, the mundane and extraordinary, the humbleness of a manger and the glory of a multitude of heavenly hosts." — “Ordinary Glory” by Lauren Wright Pittman | A Sanctified Art

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