Advent, the second sunday

 RantWoman is fitfully assembling meditations appropriate to Advent.

So, it's already the second Sunday? So?

First, some suggested readings from Ashley Wilcox, author of The Women's Lectionary. These readings at least go on the Mean to Read list; RantWoman gets to be grateful for all the reading options accessible to her on her smartphone with many accessibility features built in. The mean to read list, though, is still different from the actually get read list.

 Ashley M. Wilcox (@ashleymwilcox) tweeted at 6:50 AM on Wed, Nov 27, 2019:

Are you looking for Advent readings that center women's stories? Here you

go!

First Sunday of Advent

Genesis 38:1-30 (Tamar)

Luke 1:26-38 (Call of Mary)

Second Sunday of Advent

Joshua 2:1-24 (Rahab)

Luke 1:39-45 (Mary Visits Elizabeth)

Ashley M. Wilcox (@ashleymwilcox) tweeted at 6:50 AM on Wed, Nov 27, 2019:

Third Sunday of Advent

Ruth 3:1-18, 4:13-17 (Ruth)

Luke 1:46-55 (Magnificat)

Fourth Sunday of Advent

2 Samuel 11:1-15 (Bathsheba)

Luke 1:57-66 (Elizabeth Gives Birth)

Ashley M. Wilcox (@ashleymwilcox) tweeted at 6:50 AM on Wed, Nov 27, 2019:

The readings from the Hebrew Scriptures are of the four women in Jesus'

genealogy before Mary in Matthew 1:1-17.

There. 

Now

Johan Maurer writes Happy Advent

Johan Maurer's posts frequently contain so many topics of interest to RantWoman that it is probably not fair to casual readers of this blog just to dump the link here. Who says RantWoman is very good at fair? Warning: readers may find the many items linked here challenging for many reasons

Next confession: Although the Quaker Bible Study forays through the gospel of Mark are doing quite a bit to clear cobwebs out of RantWoman's soul and to show her paths to..., RantWoman is still pretty close to losing it a lot of the time. Take one more volunteer recognition certificate whined about in another post, and an ENORMOUS pile of paper both seasonal mail order catalogs and fundraisng solicitations. Please take them. RantWoman recently journeyed to her far off mailbox. There waiting for her RantWoman found about 5 pounts of paper, of which most just stayed put along with grumblings about "why do these organizations keep sending me paper? Paper is hard to deal with! Then RantWoman opened an envelope from FCNL. See below. The words help as does the fact that they are big enough for RantWoman to read!

In the mail from FCNL
"Speak Truth, act from hope, show love
together we can work for the world we imagine"
Diane Randall, FCNL