advent
Sunday, December 23rd, 2007Fourth Sunday of Advent - Joy
Joy to the world
The Lord has come.
Let Earth receive her King.
I think it is easy to receive Christ as a baby. Incarnation in such a small, helpless, and cute form, although odd, isn’t very threatening. Or life altering.
For many of us it is even easy to accept Christ as a sacrificial lamb […]
Third Sunday of Advent - Love
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning.
Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the […]
Second Sunday of Advent - Peace
Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called children of God. - Matthew 5:9
Are we peacemakers? This Second Sunday of Advent our theme is Peace. Last week we focused on hope and how we can be the incarnation of that hope to those around us who are hurting. This week as we […]
Advent - Song of Hope
As the theme of Advent this week is hope, I wanted to share the lyrics to one of my favorite songs that celebrates that hope. I have always found David Wilcox’s songs to hold truth in their very self-awarely simple and folksy way. The album this song is from, Into the Mystery, didn’t leave […]
Sunday, December 2nd, 2007First Sunday of Advent - Hope
Some hoped for a warrior. One who would come to overthrow the Romans. A great and might King who would stand above the masses and once again bring glory to the nation.
Some hoped for a purifier to come and cleanse the nation of it’s sin. One who would enforce the laws and […]
Advent Blogging 2007
This season I will be blogging my way through Advent as part of an Advent Synchroblog organized by Brother Maynard. I plan on having two Advent related posts a week on a variety of the themes of Advent. Many of us will be looking specifically at John’s Gospel as we post. I […]
Sunday, December 24th, 2006Fourth Sunday of Advent - Reflections
”And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I […]
Sunday, December 17th, 2006Third Sunday of Advent - Reflections
“Hallelujah. Holy shit. Where’s the Tylenol?” – Clark Griswold, Christmas Vacation
Earlier this month in South Carolina a mother had her 12 year old son arrested for finding and playing with a Christmas present early. The trappings and habits of Christmas were apparently more important that this child’s criminal record for life.
In Chappaqua, New York, […]
Second Sunday of Advent - Reflections
Luke 2:13-14 “And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.”
Peace seems to be popular this time of year. It’s safe to talk about peace during advent. Bring […]
Reflections - First Sunday of Advent
“It’s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn’t want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in […]