• Advent 4.3: The Joy of Good News

    Light all three purple candles and one pink/red candle. Read: Luke 2:8-20  “In the same region there were shepherds staying out in the fields and keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord suddenly stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them; and they were terribly…

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  • Advent 4.2: Joy in Remembrance

    Light three purple candles and one pink/red candle. Read: Isaiah 49:5-13 “Shout for joy, O heavens! And rejoice, O earth! Break forth into joyful shouting, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people And will have compassion on His afflicted.” (Isaiah 49:13) —– I once had a pastor friend tell me that one of…

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  • Advent 4.1: Joy to the World!

    (Author’s Note: Twas a busy day for yours truly. Like a basketball player trying to beat the shot clock, at 11:07pm here is today’s Advent post.  A video blog I shot after my church’s Christmas event tonight.) — Be God’s!

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  • In the Words of a Giant

    This week one of the guys in the church reflected on the moment that led him to eventually believe that Jesus is more than a moral teacher — that he is the Lord Himself. He was sitting in church one December Sunday (an atheist dragged to church by his wife) when our pastor, Steve, shared…

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