Laughter in the House
The stories of Abraham & Sarah and Hanukkah offer some good instruction on how to celebrate God’s care for us.
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Repenting Isn’t A Bummer
By Rev. Mark Breese:
Reflection Why all the downer bible texts about repentance during Advent? The answer is simpler and more hopeful than you might think.
Advent & Joy
Advent not just a time to prepare for the materialistic things, to prepare our hearts and our minds. It’s about finding the joy we have in knowing that Jesus came to give us life.
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Patience
We work for justice the best way we know how; we work for peace by using peaceful means to solve conflicts and problems.
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I think it would be helpful during this season of Advent to reflect on the things that Jesus came to do for us. One of the most beautiful things that he came to do is to bring us peace.
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Inner Peace (Aspire to Live Quietly)
Peace is difficult to attain in this fast-paced world in which we live, especially during this season when we are hustling and bustling to have a “Merry Christmas” – or to provide one for someone else!
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Advent & Hope
Even though the violence, the hate and the overall increase of conflict is going on in the world, we have hope because we know that God is with us.
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Waiting
Part of the theme of Advent is ‘waiting’. Noah, it turns out, is a good example of waiting for God’s Word.
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Love
Love – By Sandra Welch: “How do we learn how to love one another? One way is by accepting others for who they are, and not trying to change them into who you want them to be.”
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Debriefing
Debriefing- By Rev. Wendy Depew Partelow: “We need down time, we need time away, we need to gather with friends and family. And when something major happens in our lives, we need to talk about it. We need to relax and just be able to speak what’s on our minds – honestly and without judgement or recrimination.”
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