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Prepare the Way for the Lord
Second Advent comes. We wait. We ponder the wilderness. Are we driven to this wilderness, chased by the attackers of fear, wrong decision, and unknown future? Or are we called to it, with trepidation and a slight hint of adventure? What does this wilderness look like? Is it the tangle of forests and brush that,…
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First Advent: Presence in the Chaos
With the first Sunday of advent come the simple little changes that I have come to make to mark this season as set apart. Placing candles on the table, shifting devotionals from regular materials to special advent resources, getting out Christmas music and decorations, and planning special worship with our faith community all happen year…
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Planting the Seed of an Idea
This weekend, the campus movie theatre showed “Inception.” An entertaining story about technology allowing entry into another person’s dreams, the film strangely reminded me of the Advent story. In the movie, dream architects and navigators interact with the sleeper in the dream world. Usually they would extract important information for a client. In this case,…
