March 25, 2021
by Patrick Pace
| Tags: Lent, hope, light, darkness, Easter, sunset
We near Easter as the disciples neared the resurrection. Indeed, we near our own resurrection as they neared his. Christ has gone, and yet we walk. But like those pinks and oranges, like the stars that break the black, the Spirit now breathes Christ into all the empty spaces....
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March 18, 2021
by Bob Kerstetter
| Tags: Lent, hope, Joel, Judgment
“Yet even now,” the Lord says, “return to me with all your heart...
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March 11, 2021
by Annette Bergsagel
| Tags: Lent, fasting, satisfaction
"When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what i...
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March 4, 2021
by Frank Simon
| Tags: Lent, 1 Thessalonians, silence
Psalm 62:5
For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him....
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February 25, 2021
by Cindy Moser
| Tags: Lent, hope, Devotional, Easter, power
Ash Wednesday recently fell in the middle of an historic winter storm in Texas......
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February 19, 2021
by Peter Hajek
| Tags: Jesus, Lent, bread, wilderness
"Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry" (Matthew 4:1-2)....
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December 16, 2020
by Kari Jane Smith & Jeff Harding
| Tags: Jesus, Salvation, advent, safe
Most of us reflect on 2020 as a year that rarely felt safe. So, what does the theme of Salvation have to do with Advent? What are we being saved from exactly?...
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December 10, 2020
by Mike Trabun
| Tags: Jesus, Rest, advent, expectations
Advent signals the “take off” of the Church’s liturgical year at a time when I’m simply struggling to guide my calendar year to a “safe landing.”...
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December 2, 2020
by Mike Stroh
| Tags: Jesus, hope, peace, Salvation, advent, joy, reframe
Reframe. Reorient. Recenter. These are good words. They describe how God can use Advent in our minds and hearts....
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November 27, 2020
by Diana Calvin
| Tags: Jesus, story, hope, calendar, advent, Pandemic
An Advent Blog by Diana Calvin...
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