SEASONS | RESOURCES
PRAYER | PRACTICE | PLACE
NEWSLETTER
Engage in rhythms of Prayer, Practice, and Place as a simple way to cultivate love for your neighbors and neighborhood.
Father in Heaven,
We pray for warmth this winter.
May Your love ignite the embers of our faith
When the winter presses the bitter cold
Against the doors of our hearts and homes.
Fireplaces served as the primary way to warm homes during the winter before boilers, furnaces, and space heaters. For generations, there was a rhythm of preparation established by cutting wood for the winter. Wood cutting remains an embodied way to love our neighbors in our modern age. The labor of cutting, hauling, stacking, and storing firewood demands sacrifice. It is a physical and practical act of caring for our neighbors each winter.
A fireplace is a sacred place. It is a place of ritual and reflection, providing warmth and light from its flickering flames. Fireplaces were historically used for heating and cooking, but also as a place of social connection and spiritual reflection. Almost every civilization has an association with a fireplace.
