Finding Serenity in Advent
At the beginning of the year, I handed out cutouts of gold stars to the folks in my congregation. Each star had a different word written on it, and these were the “Star Words.” I had just heard about the concept of Star Words as an Epiphany practice. The basic premise is that as the Magi followed the star, we let the Star Word guide us into the new year. Maybe it’s a word that sticks with us all year and maybe it’s just a word we needed for that day. I know some people have kept their word visually present in 2020, and there were a small handful of stars returned to my office (anonymously, of course!) My word was “serenity.” I keep the star near my desk in my office, though I admit since I’ve been working from home, I don’t see it much. But, since I am the keeper of the gold paper that was used to cut out the Star Words (a project that took my husband and me about two hours), I made myself a new star with the word “serenity” on it. It’s been an important wor