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Keeping Christmas Well: Past, Present, and Future

After Ebenezer Scrooge was supernaturally transformed, he proclaimed, “I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future!”

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Righteousness Springing Up

Advent prepares us for the moment when Jesus enters our world.

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Gladness from Mourning

Someone is coming who will bind up our wounds.

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Keeping Christmas Well by Making Amends

When we are transformed by his grace, we too will seek to make right what is wrong, both in our personal lives and in the wider world.

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Keeping Christmas Well as an Ebenezer

An Ebenezer helps people remember God’s grace.

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Keeping Christmas Well

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to keep Christmas well, not just on one special day or during one special season of the year?

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Responding to the Authority of Jesus: Amazed Curiosity

In this season of Advent, we open our hearts to respond to Jesus like his first disciples, with amazed curiosity.

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Staying Relational in Stressful Moments, Part 2

Staying relational in the middle of stress, chaos, and conflict can help us access significant resources for working through problems and stress.

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Staying Relational in Stressful Moments, Part 1

It is an understatement to say this year has brought more than its share of stressful moments.

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Are You Related to Jesus?

Jesus radically redefined the sense of family, saying that his mother and brothers were those who “hear the word of God and do it” (Luke 8:21).

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Hearing & Seeing in the Wilderness

Advent is an invitation to settle in and to wait with hope in the wilderness, growing in attunement to the sights and sounds that help us know that the Lord is on the way.

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Hoping for an Intervention

In this season of Advent, we can be as honest as we need to be with God.

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Workday Prayers: Waiting and Hoping

When things at work are hard, I wait upon you, Lord. I wait with hope because you are faithful, strong, and gracious. Amen.

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Listening as a Lamp

Jesus exhorts us to pay attention to how we listen to God’s word.

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Beginning 2021 With Courage

As Jesus’ followers, how can we be a signpost of life and hope in our generation?

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