Image: Wise Women Also Came © Jan Richardson
Friends, thank you so much for traveling through Advent and Christmas with me here at The Advent Door! I am grateful for the blessing of your company in this past season. With Epiphany close at hand, I’ll be returning soon to my blog at The Painted Prayerbook and would love for you to join me there.
I especially want to let you know about a gift I have for you! You might know that some folks celebrate Epiphany (January 6) as Women’s Christmas. Originating in Ireland, where it is known as Nollaig na mBan, Women’s Christmas began as a day when the women set aside time to enjoy a break and celebrate together at the end of the holidays.
It’s become a tradition for me to create a new retreat each year that you can use on Women’s Christmas or whenever you need some time for respite and reflection, alone or with others. This year’s retreat has been released and is available now! The retreat is titled “The Path We Make by Dreaming” and includes readings, art, questions, and blessings. You can download it as a PDF. (And it’s not for women only!)
There is no cost for the retreat. It’s my Women’s Christmas gift to you, with such gratitude for your presence on my path. For a link to the retreat and more about Women’s Christmas, visit this page at my Sanctuary of Women blog:
Women’s Christmas 2018: The Path We Make by Dreaming
I would love for you to pass along the gift by sharing the link with your friends via Facebook, Twitter, or any other way you’re connected.
I pray that in this new year, you will find wondrous dreams to live into. I am so grateful for you and am sending many blessings your way.
P.S. Our festive Advent discount on annual subscriptions to the Jan Richardson Images site continues through Epiphany Day! An annual subscription enables you to download any images for use in worship during the year. Advent rate: $125 (regularly $165). Click here to subscribe.
[To use the Wise Women Also Came image or order it as a print, please visit this page at Jan Richardson Images.]
An Illuminated Joy
January 5, 2018 at 1:48 pm |
Thank you so much, Jan. You bless so many with art and word! We must keep dreaming images of all the great things yet to be.
January 5, 2018 at 3:14 pm |
Ellen, thank you so much! I’m grateful for the gift of your words. Blessings on your dreaming as this year unfolds!
January 7, 2018 at 1:09 am |
The image of the ladder deeply moved (and settled) me. Like the entire retreat, and like you, it’s treasure. Thank you so much for being such starlight to me and others. Blessings and blessings.