ADVENT

During the Advent Season we end each Sunday Worship Service at First Presbyterian Church, Garland with these words by Ann Weems:

In anticipation of the birth of our Savior, let us mend a quarrel…build peace…seek out a forgotten friend…encourage youth…keep a promise…forgo a grudge…listen…be kind…be gentle…laugh a lot….express our gratitude…welcome a stranger…gladden the heart of a child …take pleasure in beauty and wonder of the earth...speak our love…speak it again…speak it still once again

Having read these words several years ago written by “Ches,” they must be meaningful for us not only during Advent , but anytime.

I’m reminded that: To steal from one writer is plagiarism.
To steal from many is research.
To be inspired by any & all writers is creativity.