The panic to find the Advent wreath form for the St. Mary's Chapel continued in the search at home for my Advent wreath. I knew I had one. I've used it every year for the last seven or eight. It was made by a member of member of St. Augustine's Church in Rhinelander. Because of its size and shape I always pack it along the side of a large, dark green, plastic storage bin. I looked everywhere. I couldn't find the bin. I even pulled out all of the empty boxes I have stored under the steps in the basement thinking perhaps it got buried back there.
Finally today, as I closed the door to the small store room/water heater room in one last search attempt, I looked down and to the left. I saw the bin under a table in my study. It was the only thing under the bin. I'm thinking the bin was in the corner and when I added the tabled, needed to spread out books for all of my papers and projects, it got covered. Well, sure enough, the wooden frame was in the bin. So, I grabbed it, the new package of Advent candles and headed up stairs to pare down the bottom of the candles, so they would fit, and put it together.
Next step is to have my first official lighting, complete with the C.S. Lewis Advent devotional booklet from St. Mark's Church in Waupaca this year. Today's reflection is about miracles and specifically John 1:14.
There has to be a preachable parallel between searching for the Advent wreath and the search for the Christ child!
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