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The Treasure of Advent
“But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.” Mary pondered and treasured , two words that sum up the practice of Advent. The deeper definitions of those words mean…
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The Simple Answer
The room was filled with whispers and giggles. As I looked around me, the kids were all sprawled out on the floor of the church sanctuary. Some had concentrated looks, others were squealing…
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Love Made Known
All of the virtues of Advent hang on Love. We light the candles, all four. We trace the promise. We reflect on the first Advent. We count the days. We light the candles.…
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His Law is Love and His Gospel is Peace
I still remember where she was standing and how she liked her coffee, her name was Leila.Our team, along with another organization, had just started visiting the red light district and zones. We…
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He Sings Over Us
It was an unusually cold night, that night in San Jose. As we drove around the city serving coffee and cookies in the red light districts, I spotted her. Even from a distance,…
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The Bigger Picture
One night a friend sent me a macro photo of a snowflake and I was blown away. That one photo lead to to a whole page on macro photography of snowflakes. I couldn’t…
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Soulful Joy
It’s a beautiful thing that joy and grief can hold the same space. On February 10th, my dear friend Brittany won the greatest prize and met Jesus face to face. We had been friends…
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The Faithful Stamp
As a child when it rained, my sisters and I would beg to go out and still play. We wanted to splash around in the puddles. If it snowed, we were ready for…
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The Mark of Joy
The mark of a believer is the mark of joy. It’s the kind of mark, the good kind, that will stay forever and never leave. And faith holds the mark in place and…
