Theologian's Almanac for Week of December 28, 2025
Daily Inspiration, Theologian's AlmanacElizabeth MyerSt. Genevieve, Patron saint of Paris, Gregory of Nanzianzus, Gregory the Theologian, Henri Matisse, Henri Matisse birthday, Edwin Hubble, Wounded Knee, Massacre at Wounded Knee, Auguste and Louis Lumiere, First movie, Henrietta Leavitt
A Christmas Feast of Poems
Advent, Christmas, Poetry, Daily InspirationElizabeth MyerChristmas poems, Mary Oliver, Wendell Berry, Ted Kooser, Lucille Clifton, Marie Howe, Denise Levertov, Jane Kenyon, Naomi Shihab Nye, Robert Hayden, Making the House Ready for the Lord, Making the House Ready for the Lord by Mary Oliver, a song of mary, Mary's Dream by Lucille Clifton, Remembering that it happened once, Remembering that it happened once by Wendell Berry, Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden, Those Winter Sundays, Annunciation by Marie Howe, Christmas Mail by Ted Kooser, Mosaic of the Nativity by Jane Kenyon, Mosaic of the Nativity, On the Mystery of the Incarnation, Different Ways to Pray, Different Ways to Pray by Naomi Shihab Nye, Christmas poem, Christmas Poem by e e cummings, Christmas Sparrow, Christmas Sparrow by Billy Collins
Jesus Was a Refugee
"Monet's 'Waterlilies,'" by Robert Hayden
Theologian's Almanac for Week of December 21, 2025
Daily Inspiration, Theologian's AlmanacElizabeth MyerCharles Darwin, Charles Darwin HMS Beagle, Johannes Kepler, Kwanzaa, Harper Lee, Clara Barton, First Nativity, St. Francis Nativity, Christmas, first radio broadcast, Date of Christmas, Earthrise, Earthrise 1968, Silent Night, Silent Night history, Christmas Eve Truce, Christmas Eve, Norman Maclean, Winter Solstice
Rethinking Christmas
Courageous Love: SALT's Commentary for Advent Week Four
Daily Inspiration, Worship Resources, Christmas, Lectionary Commentary, AdventElizabeth MyerProgressive Lectionary Commentary, Advent Resources, Love, Matthew 1:18-25, Matthew 1:18-25 commentary, Isaiah 7:10-16, Isaiah 7:10-16 commentary, Advent 4A, Advent Week Four, Joseph
Three Advent Poems by Madeleine L'Engle
Theologian's Almanac for Week of December 14, 2025
Daily Inspiration, Theologian's Almanac, Worship ResourcesElizabeth MyerIt's a Wonderful Life, A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, Charles Wesley, Charles Wesley birthday, Bill of Rights freedom of religion, Bill of Rights, St. John of the Cross, feast day of St. John of the Cross
Visible Joy: SALT's Commentary for Advent Week Three
Advent, Daily Inspiration, Lectionary Commentary, Worship ResourcesElizabeth MyerAdvent Sermon Resources, Advent Resources, Advent Worship Resources, Progressive Advent Resources, Progressive Lectionary Commentary, Matthew 11:2-11, Matthew 11:2-11 commentary, Isaiah 35:1-10, Isaiah 35:1-10 commentary, Third Week of Advent, Advent Week 3, Advent 3A
Three Advent Poems by Emily Dickinson
Theologian's Almanac for Week of December 7, 2025
Daily Inspiration, Theologian's Almanac, Worship ResourcesElizabeth MyerBlue Marble photograph, Emily Dickinson, Emily Dickinson birthday, John Milton, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe, Our Lady of Guadalupe, St. Lucy
Change Your Mind: SALT's Commentary for Advent Week Two
Advent, Lectionary Commentary, Worship Resources, Daily InspirationElizabeth MyerProgressive Lectionary Commentary, Advent Sermon Resources, Advent Resources, Matthew 3:1-12, Matthew 3:1-12 commentary, Isaiah 11:1-10, Isaiah 11:1-10 commentary, Advent Week 2 Year A, Advent Week 2, Advent Week Two, wheat and chaff
Theologian's Almanac for Week of November 30, 2025
Daily Inspiration, Theologian's Almanac, Worship ResourcesElizabeth MyerJoyce Kilmer, Alfred Joyce Kilmer, St. Nicholas, feast day of St. Nicholas, Christina Rossetti, Rainer Maria Rilke, World AIDS Day, Rosa Parks, Rosa Parks true story, Mark Twain, Samuel Clemens, Huckleberry Finn, First Sunday of Advent
A Thanksgiving Feast of Poems
Daily Inspiration, PoetryElizabeth MyerThanksgiving poems, Mary Oliver, Mary Oliver The Gift, Joy Harjo, Perhaps the World Ends Here, Perhaps the World Ends Here by Joy Harjo, Anne Sexton, Welcome Morning by Anne Sexton, Welcome Morning, Robert Hayden, Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden, Those Winter Sundays, Wendell Berry, Wendell Berry Prayer After Eating, Prayer After Eating, Prayer after Eating by Wendell Berry, Alice Walker, The Color Purple, Jane Kenyon, Otherwise by Jane Kenyon, Otherwise, Ted Kooser, A Jar of Buttons by Ted Kooser, A Jar of Buttons, Lucille Clifton, the lesson of the falling leaves, Rumi, The Guest House by Rumi, Danusha Laméris, Small Kindnesses by Danusha Laméris, Small Kindnesses poem, Small Kindnesses, Baron Wormser, A Quiet Life, The Avowal, Denise Levertov, Denise Levertov The Avowal, E.E. Cummings, i thank you God for most this amazing by E. E. Cummings, i thank you god for most this amazing, i thank You God for most this amazing, Billy Collins, Billy Collins Thanksgiving, Billy Collins As If to Demonstrate an Eclipse, Billy Collins gratitude
Be Ready: SALT's Commentary for Advent Week One
Advent, Daily Inspiration, Lectionary Commentary, Worship ResourcesElizabeth MyerProgressive Lectionary Commentary, Advent Resources, Matthew 24:36-44, Matthew 24:36-44 commentary, Isaiah 2:1-5, Isaiah 2:1-5 commentary, First week of Advent, First week of Advent Year A, First week of Advent Year A commentary
Advent Candle Lighting Litanies
"For Blessing," by Marilynne Robinson
Theologian's Almanac for Week of November 23, 2025
Daily Inspiration, Theologian's Almanac, Worship ResourcesElizabeth MyerBenedict Spinoza, Pope Saint John XXIII, Vatican II, Second Vatican Council, Lewis Thomas, The Lives of a Cell, Marilynne Robinson, Thanksgiving, Theology of Thanksgiving, Native American Heritage Day, William Blake, C.S. Lewis, Madeleine L'Engle, Madeleine L'Engle birthday
Power and Mercy: SALT's Commentary for Reign of Christ/Christ the King Sunday
