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December 20, 2014
Advent Blue 4: Longing for Light
No matter how much I can learn and practice in the dark, I long for...
December 13, 2014
Advent Blue 3: Longing for Joy
The Blueness of this Advent leaves us longing for some Joy. And Advent 3 is...
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Advent Blue 2: Longing for Comfort
Hearts are breaking all over the world! I see them on the newscast daily, and...
November 2014
November 29, 2014
Advent Blue: Week 1-Longing for God
Some worshiping communities are using blue as the color for Advent to distinguish it from...
November 20, 2014
Two Hopes for Advent: Books that Inspire
I have been privileged to review two very worthy and helpful books for Advent for...
December 2013
December 21, 2013
Advent IV: A new hymnal introduces an Advent hymn new to me: Rejoice, rejoice take...
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Advent III: Let all mortal flesh keep silence, and with fear and trembling stand; ponder...
December 08, 2013
Preparing the Way: Making the Crooked Straight
Advent II: My city is full of potholes and cracked sidewalks. It was a critical...
December 01, 2013
Preparing the Way: Speaking Comfort
Advent Begins: Week I I have been wondering how to take the Advent charge to...
December 21, 2012
Hoping While Weeping–Advent IV
Within hours after I posted my last entry with a call to sing and rejoice,...
December 13, 2012
More light dawns in this Advent III week! One more candle on the wreath, and...
December 07, 2012
Advent begins in the dark, but if we attend to the candles in our wreaths...
November 2012
November 28, 2012
Watching and Waiting: Advent 1
Today I am confused about Advent. I mean I know what the lectionary tells me...
December 2011
December 19, 2011
The last Sunday before Advent gives us all the Light we will get before the...
December 13, 2011
This year for the first time in a long while, I am observing Advent and...
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For what am I waiting this first day of Advent? for what do I long?...
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