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Seasons and Celebrations

  • I Am the Bread of Life

    I Am the Bread of Life

    This is a celebration of the beginning of the harvest season, the first fruits of the earth. Though we still feel the heat of summer, the ripening fields remind us that Fall is approaching and that the fields will soon be cut down and made ready for the coming winter. In 2024 the Sunday Lectionary…

  • Daily Prayer – All Saints

    Daily Prayer – All Saints

    Approach and Invocation Brothers and sisters, + our help is in the name of the Eternal God,Who is making the heavens and the earth.Glory to God, The Three-In-One, The One-In-Three,Now and ever and unto Ages of Ages. Amen, Alleluia.If this is the first prayer of the day, add:We arise today though a mighty strength, the…

  • Lammas, the Feast of Bread

    Lammas, the Feast of Bread

    Happy Lughnasadh, y’all! Also called “Lammas,” this is the feast of bread. Originally a festival in honor of the god Lugh, today celebrates the beginning of the harvest season. In particular, we celebrate the grain harvest. There is an element of sacrifice in the grain harvest in the cutting, crushing, and grinding. The grain has…

  • The Harrowing

    The Harrowing

    Free verse reflecting on my recent experiences with life and death, inspired by an article I read on Rublev’s resurrection icon

  • For Lo, the Winter Is Past!

    For Lo, the Winter Is Past!

    A liturgy celebrating the Spring Equinox

  • Celebrating St. Brigid

    Celebrating St. Brigid

    A Christian-Druid liturgy for Imbolc, based on the Daily Office

  • And the Word Became Flesh …

    And the Word Became Flesh …

    Reflections on the importance of the Incarnation

  • Fasting in the Wilderness

    Fasting in the Wilderness

    Fasting is one of the traditional Lenten practices. We often thinks of fasting in terms of food, but we fast in many different ways. Let’s think beyond food.

  • Restoration in the Wilderness

    Restoration in the Wilderness

    Penance is a big part of Lent. What is it about confession that makes us say, “EEWWW!”? Can confession be more than token, non-restorative penances? Can a guide through the wilderness help bring restoration and healing?

  • Ash Wednesday: A Call to Repentance and Community

    Ash Wednesday: A Call to Repentance and Community

    The wilderness trek begins today with the observance of Ash Wednesday, a call to repentance and a reminder of community.

loaf of bread, cup of wine, and candle

I Am the Bread of Life

David Ensley Oct 6, 2026

This is a celebration of the beginning of the harvest…

manuscript illustration of Jesus feeding the multitude

A Tale of Two Feasts

David Ensley Aug 2, 2026

A person sowing seeds, weeds, wheat, a mustard seed, yeast,…

As Winter’s Darkness Closes In

As Winter’s Darkness Closes In

David Ensley Jul 17, 2025

As winter’s darkness closes inWe gather here withinTo hear a…

stone circles in Scotland

Circle Us, O God

David Ensley Mar 11, 2025

A caim prayer is an ancient Celtic prayer form asking…

collage of icons of Irish saints

Daily Prayer – All Saints

David Ensley Feb 25, 2025

Approach and Invocation Brothers and sisters, + our help is…

Wheat field

Lammas, the Feast of Bread

David Ensley Aug 4, 2024

Happy Lughnasadh, y’all! Also called “Lammas,” this is the feast…