The Journey

ConnectionDecember 2022 - #27

Welcome. Haere Mai.
As we come to the end of 2022 it's a great time to look back in gratitude. Perhaps not focusing on the destination, but being where we are—finding beauty, goodness and truth on our 2022 journeys. 
 
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Much love, Merry Christmas, and gratitude as we stroll into 2023 together. 
AMDG. Love and prayer ~ Jane

Inspirational Things

Beauty
 
> 25 Poems for Christmas: Check out this beautiful collection from Art & Theology.
 
> The VCS: Discover Art through the Bible or the Bible through Art. 
 
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Beautiful Music:

> Grateful - A love song: Musicians bring dozens of people around the world together to create this beautiful, heart-opening melody.
 
> Ta te Manawa (Let me breathe): Incredibly beautiful waiata (song) by a collective of Oceania Christian Musicians.
 
> Mantragold - Gratitude: Deeply soulful track... "gotta search and you will find it"...
 
> Meet Wuilly Arteaga: A beautiful self-taught modern violinist who peacefully played on the front lines of Venezuelan protects, and now wows in NYC.

Goodness
 
> Beyond the habit: New podcast moving beyond everyday assumptions of what it means to be Catholic hosted by Sr Colleen Gibson and Sr Erin McDonald.
 
 > Colour Palette: This site helps you put together good colour palettes. 
 
> AI Tools Directory: Check out the largest ai tools directory to create images from text descriptions. I've found DALL·E 2 helpful.
 
> Grateful Library: Searchable good resources by category or enjoy a self-guided library path.
 
 > ARTNOIR (6min): People doing good things to promote black and brown creators, curators, and collectors. “Community is the beginning and the end for us.”

Truth 
 
> Indigenous land: Truthful interactive map where you can discover which indigenous land on where you are standing.
 
> Malcolm Guite | "As If" (4min): We can choose truthful imagination - “everything that Jesus says is an appeal to the imagination”.

 > Meet Haben Girma (12min): Deaf and blind disability rights advocate fighting globally for truthful access and equal opportunities.
 
> Use your voice: Truthful, good, and beautiful new album from Sr Sally Koch.

News 
Bible Poster Update: Shout out with gratitude to NZ Catholic, CathNews and more for featuring Rowena's beautiful article on our Books of the Bible Windows poster. 
It's been incredible to see orders go out around the world to schools, monasteries, homes and bulk orders for education offices. 
 
Let's get more posters out there, if you know of any media that might share the artwork or the articles, then please let me know. It's amazing what we can do as a community!  
 
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Food For Thought
 
  “When we are dealing with ultimate truth, with religious truth, we have to allow the truth to take hold of us.” 
~ Br. David Steindl-Rast
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“It’s quite simple: One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes."
~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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"It may be that when we no longer know which way to go we have come to our real journey."
~ Wendell Berry

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