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Light — our invitation in the midst of darkness
As the season changes, we have an annual example in our world of what Jesus can teach us about both surviving and growing in faith.
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The Light Comes
In the Feast of Stephen, we confront what light coming to break the darkness looks like in practice—when we face it in our midst.
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Light in darkening times
During these darkening days, let us remember ancient practices which saw times of rising darkness as time to act to return the light.
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A Christmas Message
Many centuries ago, communities would gather to pray. They observed that the days grew shorter; the night was winning. Perhaps soon the day would disappear entirely. So people gathered during these long nights and they would pray for the light to come again. Long before Christ entered the world, these ancient people gathered because their…
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Do Not Hide
Never hide. Because it’s time. Now is the season. The season when we celebrate the light shining in the darkness. The season when the anointed has been revealed and is made manifest in us. Each of us a light already shining. Even though it’s dark. It seems so dark. Many of us remember that small…
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Overwhelmed by Joy
The Evangelist tells a story which resonates so fully with the Hebrew story of oppression and enslavement under Pharaoh. Herod is the new Pharaoh! Judah has become Egypt! Overcoming darkness and restoring the world Christmas 2C | Matthew 2 In the Beginning The Hebrew story begins in creation, in GOD bringing forth everything into the…
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The Storm
The enemy isn’t out there. And I don’t think the enemy is in here. {points to chest} The enemy is the darkness. The evil that overcomes humanity and subsumes our will. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness,…
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The Saints Unbound
But I wonder, if we listen close, if we don’t hear words, we’ll hear weeping. Weeping for the loved one lost? Weeping for GOD’s own? Weeping for our pain and suffering and confusion? Weeping because we haven’t listened. Mary, Martha, Lazarus and the Light of the World All Saints’ Day B | John 11:32-44 Sisters…