“Advent begins in the dark…” Fleming Rutledge writes. Many people imagine “solitude” as a dim place — of loneliness, abandonment, or shame. Loneliness and solitude, however, are not the same. Loneliness is not chosen. Solitude, in the spiritual sense, means choosing time alone with yourself and with God.
I'm reading All Creation Waits as well! aloud after dinner or sometimes snuggled together just before bedtime.