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Tis the Season – An Advent Liturgy
Tis the Season for Wish Lists Children and adults alike wish for gifts under the tree and stores offer every incentive to fill these desires. Yet many wishes are unspoken and unfulfilled – desires that cannot be put in a box and unwrapped on Christmas morning. I have compiled my wish of wants and crave many things, yet my heart desires deeper things: healing, reconciliation, true connection, a place to settle and be known. May the world come to know that every wish and desire, both written and unspoken, is fulfilled in You, O Lord God. Tis the Season for Drinking deeply and Eating abundantly Recipes overflow the internet and…
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When I am weak…
Have you ever heard a king, president, prime minister, or any other leader of a nation say, “I am just so weak and feel incapable to rule?” Part of my daily routine is listening to portions of the Bible read aloud. The other day, as I was half-listening to 2 Samuel chapter 3, one verse pierced through like a clear voice: “And today, though I am anointed king, I am weak…” At the beginning of 2 Samuel, David is just becoming the king of the relatively new nation of Israel after much turmoil with the first king, Saul (such as Saul repeatedly attempting to hunt down and kill David). The chapter begins by explaining, “The war between the house of Saul…
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Tis the Season – An Advent Liturgy
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Ilm versus Wisdom – A Ramadan Reflection
Ramadan Mubarak! The month of Ramadan always brings my Muslim friends around the world to my mind more readily, but this year is especially significant in that a global pandemic means that the communal aspect of Ramadan, which is so core to the experience, will be missing for many in the Muslim community. Breaking the daily fast with a meal, or iftar, is a celebration that my Muslim friends look forward to each year. I cannot imagine celebrating the major holidays in my culture, like Thanksgiving and Christmas, without gathering together with many friends and family members. Ramadan without a large, communal iftar is like Thanksgiving without the…
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Tis the Season – An Advent Liturgy
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If you give a Muslim a Bible…
Earlier this month, I made a new friend named Prema* who is an MBB, which stands for Muslim Background Believer, meaning someone who grew up in a Muslim family but now follows and puts her faith in Jesus Christ. She is the type of person who loves Jesus so much that her every word is filled with His truth and she cannot contain the fire within her soul to share how Jesus is moving in her life and in the lives of people around her. As Prema shared her testimony, so many parts of her story struck me in significant ways, but one section of her story in particular helped…
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Tis the Season – An Advent Liturgy
