Day 17: ”Her Body, the Universe” • Alla Bozarth / Pam Erickson • Daily Advent: Divine Feminine

"Our own Divine Mother, carries us / still wrapped by her body, the Universe."

— from "Advent Eve," Alla Bozarth

 

About today's speaker:

The Rev'd Alla Bozarth is an Oregon native who was one of the groundbreaking Philadelphia Eleven—the first women to be ordained as priests in the Episcopal Church in July 1974. Alla is also founder of Wisdom House, an interfaith non-profit center for spiritual growth in Sandy, Oregon.

 

About today's reader:

Pam Erickson is a lector at Trinity Cathedral in Portland.

 

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