In some ways
Twiz*
feels more like
the real holiday
than Christmas
The anticipation
The worship
the candles
the gathering
The storytelling
the music
the meal
The almost
already
not quite
Twiz
the Night Before
Jesus is coming
has come
came
will come
is promising
has promised
prophesied
will prophesy
prophet
all wrapped up in
the moment of
Twiz
the magic
of what Is
and what can be
Merry Twiz
*Twiz: a Tongue and Cheek word to describe the Night before Christmas, instead of Twas, or tis, Twiz, Therefore Merry Twiz
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Pastor Katy has enjoyed ministry at New Covenant since 2010, where the church has solidified its community focus. She now works at Capital CFO plus as the Non Profit Director. All opinions expressed on this blog are her own and do not reflect those of Capital CFO plus. Prior to that she studied both Theology and Christian Formation at Princeton Theological Seminary. She also served as an Assistant Chaplain at Trenton Psychiatric Hospital and as the Christian Educational Coordinator at Bethany Presbyterian at Bloomfield, NJ.
She is an writer and is published in Enfleshed, Sermonsuite, Presbyterian's today and Outlook. She writes prayers, liturgy, poems and public theology and is pursuing her doctorate in ministry in Creative Write and Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.
She enjoys working within and connecting to the community, is known to laugh a lot during service, and tells as many stories as possible. Pastor Katy loves reading Science Fiction and Fantasy, theater, arts and crafts, music, playing with children and sunshine, and continues to try to be as (w)holistically Christian as possible.
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