Tag: Christmas

• Christmas

  Christmas Day. I’ve been in bed with a virus for the past couple of days, so I probably should not have been surprised when I awoke this morning at 3:30. (My nose looks a lot like Rudolph’s.) Eventually I got out of bed and wandered through the dark house to the sun room, where I…

  Michael Watson PhD

  December 25, 2014

  Healing, Shamanism

  ceremony, Chanukkah, Christmas, Winter Solstice

• Advent: Waiting with Mary

  Today is the third Sunday in Advent. Now the nights are long, and snow covers the ground and bends down the trees. The cold has settled in. These are the conditions that are celebrated in carols and text at Christmastide. They are also the imagined context for Mary’s long journey of pregnancy, and , with…

  Michael Watson PhD

  December 14, 2014

  First Nations, Stories

  Advent, Christmas, Native American

• Advent

  Today marks the second Sunday in Advent. Yesterday was a day of rain and snow, with temperatures in the mid-thirties. This morning is cold with broken cloud. As I type the snow line is working its way down the mountains.Last night darkness fell early, even by our northerly standards, giving us a taste of how…

  Michael Watson PhD

  December 7, 2014

  native american, Stories

  Advent, Christmas, Native American, Phrophesy

• Gratitude and Remembrance

  Although we have taken down the Christmas decorations the spirits and Ancestors remain.

  Michael Watson PhD

  January 5, 2014

  Shamanism

  ceremony, Christmas, gratitude, Remembrance, Shamanism