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the 4th sunday of advent the PRAYER … Stir up your power, Lord Christ, and come. With your abundant grace and might, free us from the sin that would obstruct your mercy, that willingly we may bear your redeeming love…
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the 4th sunday of advent the PRAYER … Stir up your power, Lord Christ, and come. With your abundant grace and might, free us from the sin that would obstruct your mercy, that willingly we may bear your redeeming love…
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Reflecting on the JourneyLove reveals itself in the unexpected, the unusual, and the unknown! The first time I said it, I guess I was trying to be cute. The forty-fourth time? Well, it’s starting to wear. Welcome to the wilderness!…
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the 3rd sunday of advent the PRAYER … Stir up the wills of your faithful people, Lord God, and open our ears to the words of your prophets, that, anointed by your Spirit, we may testify to your light; through…
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John 1. 6-8, 19-28For our sake, god prepares god’s own way! I’ve been doing Advent – as a called and ordained minister – for over three decades, now. And it’s funny. Until this past week, I never noticed a couple…
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the second sunday of advent the PRAYER … Stir up our hearts, Lord God, to prepare the way of your only Son. By his coming strengthen us to serve you with purified lives; through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord,…
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Mark 1. 1-8Advent is one more chanceto remain rooted in god’s amazing grace. Every year, it’s – pretty much – the same thing. Sure, the details vary. But overall, from Sunday-to-Sunday and season-to-season, it’s the same. Advent and Christmas. Epiphany….
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the 1st Sunday of Advent the PRAYER … Stir up your power, Lord Christ, and come. By your merciful protection awaken us to the threatening dangers of our sins, and keep us blameless until the coming of your new day,…
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Mark 13. 24-37Time begins and ends, for us, at the cross! “But in those days, after that suffering,the sun will be darkened,and the moon will not give its light,and the stars will be falling from heaven,and the powers in the…
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Ephesians 1. 15-23God isn’t up high and far away,but down to earth and close at hand! The title of the movie is Inherit the Wind. Same name as the play. It was released in 1960 in living black-and-white. Spencer Tracy…
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the 24th sunday after pentecost the PRAYER … Righteous God, our merciful master, you own the earth and all its peoples, and you give us all that we have. Inspire us to serve you with justice and wisdom, and prepare…
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