Third Sunday of Advent – Joy For All “8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10 But the...
Second Sunday of Advent: Peace One of the texts from the Revised Common Lectionary for the second Sunday of Advent is Philippians 1:3-11. Philippians is often described as a letter of friendship, because Paul is writing to his close friends in Philippi. In the midst...
One of the ways the Lord has been speaking to us over this past year has been through his encouragement that He is the one who holds the “open door.” Whatever He holds open, no one can shut. As we reflect on this truth in our times of prayer, dialogue and...
First Sunday of Advent: Hope “The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned. Isaiah 9:2 As we embark on this season of advent, the purposeful slowing down posture of spiritual...
“Our spiritual life is a life in which we wait, actively present to the moment, expecting that new things will happen to us, new things that are far beyond our imagination or prediction. This, indeed, is a very radical stance toward life in a world preoccupied...
David explores the need for discernment and the call upon us to walk in “the good way”. In these times in which we are facing multiple cross-roads and are all learning and leaning into a fresh sense of the Lord’s direction for us in some pretty...
