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Advent Week 4 ~ More Love for the Hurting
I’ve been looking forward to this Sunday in the Advent season. Today we focus our minds and hearts on love. It seems like reflecting on the love of God through Jesus is its own little wrapped gift after working through … Continue reading
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Advent Week 3 ~ More Joy for the Hurting
This morning in church as I looked out over the congregation singing “Joy to the World”, I was struck by the number of people who are in very hard places. Many have lost loved ones this past year, some very … Continue reading
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Advent Week 2 ~ More Peace for the Hurting
When our first child was a baby, he was what you might call a “good sleeper”, meaning he fell asleep with little encouragement and then usually slept through the night. And not only was he a good sleeper, (and perhaps … Continue reading
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Advent Week 1 ~ More Hope for the Hurting
Today is the first Sunday in the 2022 Advent season, and I was blessed to spend a portion of it in a place of worship that has become home and with people whom I love. I watched as my pastor/husband … Continue reading
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Love for the Hurting ~ Advent Four
And just like that….it’s Christmas Eve! Before we know it the decorations that were put up only weeks or days ago (or in my case, yesterday!) will be wrapped up and packed away for another year. But while we’re still … Continue reading
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Joy for the Hurting ~ Advent Three
Joy for the hurting. Joy……for the hurting…. Joy…. Um…seriously? Hardly seems fair, does it? And trust me, I can feel you across the bits and pixels and bytes (I have no idea what those things are – they just sound … Continue reading
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Peace for the Hurting ~ Advent Two
A couple of years ago the vicar and I spent a cold and snowy December weekend at Yosemite National Park. We arrived late in the evening on a starless night that was very, very dark. I’m not speechless very often … Continue reading
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Hope for the Hurting ~ Advent One
There are times when you know something makes no sense – that you can’t possibly – that there is absolutely no time – that it wouldn’t be up to your standards – that (fill in whatever excuse handed to God … Continue reading
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Advent Week 4 ~Love (Christmas, Actually)
Love Today is December 25th – Christmas – and though I am all of five days past the official fourth Sunday in the Advent season, I just couldn’t bring myself to not close the circle with some thoughts … Continue reading
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Advent Week One ~ Hope
(One year ago I wrote short devotionals for the four weeks of Advent. When regarding the possibility of doing the same again this year, I found such great solace reading the words from last year I have decided to reprint … Continue reading