Fourth Sunday of Advent: Love This is the candle which has us celebrating love. It comes to us in the Person of Immanuel. Tangible.Touchable.Human.Divine. As we watch this candle burn we pray that we would be forged by the fire of He who is Love. That the light of God...
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...
