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Toward Sunday
We’re excited to begin a new worship series this Sunday called Way of Love. Norman Wirzba writes, “The way of love requires a transformation of the human heart and a reorientation of one’s life. To become proficient in the ways of love, we need a sympathetic and supporting community helping us all along the way. Christianity is best understood as a training ground in the ways of love” (Way of Love, 3-4). As children and teachers in our community head back to…
Who needs love today?
“We can be certain of one thing: transformation into God’s image and God’s purpose requires that we pass through God’s refining fire. Being made holy is not a one-time deal; it is an ongoing process that continues until we are fully reconciled with Christ….The key idea to remember is that we pass ‘through’ and do not remain in the fire.” Okoro, Enuma. Silence and Other Surprising Invitations of Advent. Nashville: Upper Room, 2012. 65. It is a powerful metaphor…
Toward Sunday
We move into the second week of our Advent worship series called Christmas Is Coming this week. Our worship series will be rooted in the Hebrew Bible readings from the lectionary (collection of appointed readings) for this season. We will look back to these ancient writings as we prepare for the coming of Christmas. We’ve received so many people interested in supporting teen mothers this Christmas through Teen Success that we’ve decided to reach out to Tubman House & offer gifts to…
God’s love
We never get beyond God’s love for us in Christ and how that is lived out in love for one another. We are always drawn back to that central, and centering, claim. We know God’s love, first and foremost, through knowing Jesus; and we know God’s love because we have witnessed it in love for one another. 1 John 7 may serve as a reminder that we never grow beyond our need to hear again the gospel of God’s love…
Love
Advent is a time to practice loving every little bit that we can, trusting the holy that we can’t yet see, loving the holy child in each beautiful, dear, precious, screwed-up person, every one a beloved child of God, so far from home. ~Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Toward Sunday
We are grateful for our time together on The Advent Way. We hope this worship series, rooted in the book of Isaiah and Matthew’s Gospel, invites reflection on how the Advent way prepares us for the beauty and mystery of Christmas. Our privilege as Christians is to receive the gracious gifts of God’s presence in Christ. Our task is to prepare for his coming so that we will not miss life’s greatest gift. Outline of The Advent Way December 1:…