The Art of Living in Season
Welcome!
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My name is Sylvie Vanhoozer, and this page is an invitation to pause a while and observe the rhythms of the seasons.
The art of living in season is an attentiveness to God’s artistry in creation, a way of attending to the place and time, or seasons, in which we find ourselves, and flourish“like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in season, and its leaf does not wither.” (Psalm 1:3)
​For me, attending to the seasons is a daily discipline while I tend my garden or my flower pots, stroll through a park, drive the "scenic route" to work, walk in a forest preserve, or a farmer’s market. In time, I meander with my observations towards my desk, or my kitchen, with a sense of belonging and gratitude. ​
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Over the years, my thoughts have led me to contemplate how the natural seasons often interact with and enrich our walk through the church seasons, giving us a local stage from which to enact our Christian discipleship – our everyday sainthood. These particular reflections have recently found their way into a book:
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The Art of Living in Season:
A Year of Reflections for Everyday Saints
InterVarsity Press, 2024.
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The question is: how might each of us, artist or not, pay attention and attend to the world around us? How might we train our eyes to see, our hands to care, and our hearts to return gratitude to the Author of all things good and beautiful?
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I hope my readers will be inspired to tend and attend to their own places in their own ways with their own gifts – and enter into their own seasonal pilgrimage to the Giver of all good gifts!​
