“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peaceamong those with whom he is pleased!” Luke 2:14 The peace of the Christian life is from a relationship. Our relationship with God, through Jesus Christ is the basis of us having this peace. The angels announced peace on earth to the shepherds. There is a …
Tag: Advent
Nov 30
First Week of Advent: Hope
Advent Candle 1 stands for hope, and specifically, the Israelites’ hope that the promised Messiah would come. They had been waiting for the Messiah for centuries, wondering what he would look like and what he would do when he arrived. When Jesus was born, that hope was finally fulfilled – “a prophet like you” (Deuteronomy …
Dec 21
The Importance of the Body
And the Word became flesh and lived among us, I think that we have become disconnected from the traditional Christian theology of the physical body. Sometimes we think it is all bad, so we must deny anything our body wants. That is asceticism. Or we may swing the other way and feel we must satisfy …
Dec 07
The Harshness of Advent
“The stories of Advent are drug from the harsh soil of human struggle and the littered landscape of dashed dreams. They are told from the vista of where sin still reigns supreme and hope has gone on vacation. Many prefer the major notes of Joy and Gladness in the Christmas stories to the minor keys …
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