Stations Journal Journey #36

Dec 15, 2025 

Well, Station #14 is ready for sewing. It is adhered together to the point I need it to be as I begin, which will be shortly.

It seems rather strange to be spending the week with Jesus in the tomb while all around me is Christmas music, lights, presents wrapped and under the tree…My assistant noticed that as they took photos of our work in the studio the weather out the window has changed from winter to summer and back to winter again.

I am contemplating today in all that this day holds, creative blessings and challenges, interpersonal difficulties, and yes (wow) some big world violence. I am asking myself two questions: How can I hold the gratitude that I have for this year and carry it forward? And what can stay in the tomb? As I sew this week, moving very intentionally toward the concluding phase of this lifetime project, I want to feel again the last year as it has so richly unfolded. I also ask God what I need to let go of as I move out of this special place. It’s a question that many who ceremonialize the winter solstice and end of the calendar year ponder. As I get step by step closer to the goal and dream of so many years, at this end of 2025, I trust that the journey Jesus has lived will provide me with knowing how to move out and forward of the tomb myself.

This is what I trust for today.