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The Christmas Star
The reflection that was provided by the heavens during Christmas week was perfect: in the midst of our seeming darkness, we saw a Christmas star — though it was actually the alignment of Jupiter and Saturn. Christmas falls amid the darkest days of the year. In scripture, the star illumines the way for the Magi,… Read more
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Do Not Fear
Do not fear! These are the angel’s words to Mary. But there is so much to fear! So much to anticipate! Something is coming. Something has already come. Change is on the horizon. Change is already overwhelming us. When the angel’s words come to her, what does Mary hear? Mary’s world was also unsettled, living… Read more
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On the Road to Restoration
Isaiah 61 involves some of the same geographies that are in the news today: Iraq, Israel, and Iran. Iraq roughly correlates with the ancient nation of Babylon. In 597 BC, Babylon invades Judah — the remaining southern kingdom of Israel that hadn’t yet fallen. Judah becomes an occupied territory. Ten years later Jerusalem is leveled.… Read more
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Preparing the Way of the Lord
Advent is a season of preparation — doing the work of getting ready for the Lord to come. Yet this year preparing for advent has felt really tough, and the stakes for what’s coming have never felt so high. This year has been hard. Yet Isaiah 40:26-31 points us toward God and his strength and… Read more
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The Prayer of Advent
In many ways, Advent is a prayer. We come to this time amid our own trials, amid a world of uncertainty and hurt — real pressures and hardships — but we also come with an expectation and a hope. We come bearing one another’s burdens and we come in anticipation of a coming Savior. It… Read more
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The Responsibilities of Sheep
On November 22nd, Sarah Fuller engaged the lectionary passages of Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24 and Matthew 25: 31-46. In these passages, it seems that there are some responsibilities that belong to sheep|people and some that belong to God|the shepherd. So how do we work for good, in obedience — while leaving judgement to God? Read more
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