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Faith • Liturgical Reflections

Advent Meditations: O Holy Night

Baylee Eby | 4 min read

If there were ever a season for the believer to recognize his or her worth and focus on the dignity of his or her fellow human being, it is the Advent season! Advent is a season of waiting, preparation and expectation for the incarnation of the Savior, Jesus Christ.  The word is literally defined as...

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Let Nothing You Dismay: Songs of Hope for Christmas 2020

Rev. Rob Yancey | 5 min read

In a piece titled “2020 broke Christmas music. Here’s what I’m listening to instead,” Michael Brodeur, the classical music critic for the Washington Post wrote this last week: “What if the songs of the season didn’t demand a mass emotional pivot, the obligations of cheer? What if they let in some of the cold? I’ve...

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Advent Meditations: Do You Hear What I Hear?

John Kyle | 4 min read

October 1962. The world was on the brink of nuclear war. The Soviet Union was stockpiling missiles in Cuba and the U.S. government responded with a military blockade. The world watched in fear as the U.S. Navy prevented a Russian freighter, loaded with armaments, from approaching Cuba. Hindered by mistrust and poor communications, John F....

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Advent Meditations: Joy To The World?

Dave Saville | 5 min read

I hate this place.   How is it possible to hate what you’re thankful for?   I haven’t worked out all the details yet.  Some questions are better after caffeine anyway, so I pour a cup of coffee so piping hot, it requires coursework in advanced thermodynamics.  I sip with trepidation, a squint-eyed geologist exploring bitter...

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Advent Meditations: Joy To The World

Becca Hermes | 5 min read

Advent. It’s a season of more than just waiting for the Christ child. It is a season of cultivating our longing for his coming. Wait… Cultivating our longing? I generally want to satisfy my longings, not cultivate them! {I begin to feel the deep rumblings of panic in my soul.} If I cultivate a longing,...

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Advent Meditations: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Becca Hermes | 4 min read

I love music.  And even though I’m sometimes sick of it by the end of December, I really love Christmas music – especially the old Christmas hymns. The popular music of my life changes so quickly, but Christmas hymns remain the same, a musical root that calls me to deep soil, nourishment for my soul....

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