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Advent Week 2: Candle of Preparation
We light the second purple candle of Advent this week, also known as the Bethlehem Candle. Consider all the things we do naturally in preparation for a birth. The efforts include inventory creation — we purchase the necessary items and start stacking the items away.… Continue Reading “Advent Week 2: Candle of Preparation”
Get Yourself Ready! Advent begins…
If we think about it, one of the major lessons of life is preparation. Memes and messages remind us to live in the present because we spend so much time preparing for the near and distant future. We “live right” now as preparation for… Continue Reading “Get Yourself Ready! Advent begins…”
Pre-Advent Thoughts
We are one week out from the beginning of the Advent season. Once I learned this word, Advent, I loved it. Here are the definitions. — the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and… Continue Reading “Pre-Advent Thoughts”
Avoid the Temptation to Sabotage
Dear Ones, Do not think yourself so far “under” struggle or affliction that 1) things will never and improve and 2) you will not know life with God’s promise fulfilled to you. This is not to make guarantees, but to remind us all that… Continue Reading “Avoid the Temptation to Sabotage”
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