His hand is stretched out still

Home > Advent Blog 2024 His hand is stretched out stillDecember 19, 2024 Isaiah 9:18-10:4| 2 Peter 2:10b-16| Matthew 3:1-12For all this, his anger has not turned away; his hand is stretched out still.Isa. 9:18-10:4;This line from Isaiah stood out to me for two...

An Advent Community

Home > Lenten Blog 2024 An Advent Community December 18, 2024 Click image to enlarge Isaiah 9:8-17| 2 Peter 2:1-10a| Mark 1:1-8 I have always loved the tradition of a Christmas creche.   As a child, I liked to set up the figures huddled in the stable around the...

I am sorry

Home > Advent Blog 2024 I am sorry December 17, 2024 Isaiah 9:1-7| 2 Peter 1:12-21| Luke 22:54-69“The Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, ‘Before the cock crows today, you will deny me three...

The Betrayal of Jesus

Home > Advent Blog 2024 The Betrayal of Jesus December 16, 2024 Isa. 8:16-9:1| 2 Peter 1:1-11| Luke 22:39-53How sad Christ must have felt when a crowd suddenly appeared in Gestheme to witness his capture. So many people learned to know Jesus as a caring person who...

On the Road to Rejoicing

Home > Advent Blog 2024 On the Road to Rejoicing December 15, 2024 Zephaniah 3:14-20| Philippians 4:4-7| Luke 3: 7-18I am someone who spent much of my early adulthood getting lost, often in cities, and all too frequently in some pretty shady areas in those cities....

A Journey Unlike Any Other

Home > Advent Blog 2024 A Journey Unlike Any OtherDecember 14, 2024 Isaiah 8:1-15| 2 Thessalonians 3:6-18| Luke 22:31-38Now we command you, beloved, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from believers who are living in idleness and not according to...