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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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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
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Where is my Justice?
Ok, I am going to be so real with you all – I fail, and I fail often. I proclaim to live out a faith that loves people, loves justice, and works toward the good of man and the glory of God, but so very often, my life does not reflect that. Especially living in New York City, injustice surrounds me, yet I fail to act. Here are some of those times: As I’m sitting in a coffee shop with my Bible, prayer journal, and devotional in front of me, I have a perfect view of the laundromat across the street. Out of the corner of my eye I detect…
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Tis the Season – An Advent Liturgy
