Category: Advent

Advent: Jesus Comes in Peace

.Reading time 4 minutes.

“For a child has been born to us, a son given to us; authority rests upon his shoulders; and he is named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” | Isaiah 9.6, NRSV Jesus has many names.  To be sure, he is first Mary’s baby and Joseph’s boy.  They will raise him together […]

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An Advent Reminder: God Sent God’s Love

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“God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his only son into the world so that we might live through him. |First John 4.9, NRSV Love is on the way.  It won’t be easily recognizable.  Hollywood has romanticized it. Not on the big screen, love won’t come in the way that we […]

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Jesus Comes In Peace

.Reading time 4 minutes.

“For a child has been born to us, a son given to us; authority rests upon his shoulders; and he is named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” | Isaiah 9.6, NRSV Jesus has many names.  To be sure, he is first Mary’s baby and Joseph’s boy.  They will raise him together […]

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An Advent Reminder: There is Hope

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“and hope does not disappoint us…” | Romans 5.5, NRSV It is okay to hope even when there are reasons for which we could or even should feel hopeless.  There is nothing wrong with holding out for hope.  Jesus comes as an expression of God’s hope.  God was and is holding out hope for us.  […]

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As Clear as Day

.Reading time 5 minutes.

“And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory of a father’s son, full of grace and truth.” |John 1.14, NRSV “We are called to prove in our own lives that Christ is born, that God is with us. But we are constantly in danger of going […]

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