Finding Joy in Connection
READ Luke 1:24-45 When we are weary, we find it hard to express joy. When we are...
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Acknowledging Weariness
READ Luke 1:1-23 Reflection We can be weary in various ways. We can be weary because of...
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How Does a Weary World Rejoice?
Our theme for this Advent-Christmas season is learning to practice joy in a weary world. We try...
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Plowshares and Pruning Shears
From the Artist Silk painting with digital drawing and collage by Rev. Lisle Gwynn Garrity Read Isaiah...
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There is Room
Room I asked God—what about my fingernail-biting habit or the way I leave all the cabinets open...
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Give Thanks
“Here there is no Gentile or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is...
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Looking Ahead Together
For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world, that He even gave His one and...
Continue ReadingAngels Among Us: Love
Angels point shepherds to the tangible presence of God’s Love on earth in the manger. (Luke 2:8-20)...
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Hope That Will Not Let Go
Prayer for This Week in Advent Gracious God, You paint a picture of a better world— A...
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Draw Near to Justice, part 2
Read Luke 1:46-56 Reflect: God’s justice is different than our justice. It’s about making the world...
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