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ADVENT WREATHS – SHOULD CHRISTIANS USE THEM? – PIECES OF THE PUZZLE – QUESTIONS ABOUT CHRISTMAS SERIES

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“The season of Advent means there is something on the horizon the likes of which we have never seen before… .What is possible is to not see it, to miss it, to turn just as it brushes past you. And you begin to grasp what it was you missed, like Moses in the cleft of the rock, watching God’s [back] fade in the distance. So stay. Sit. Linger. Tarry. Ponder. Wait. Behold. Wonder. There will be time enough for running. For rushing. For worrying. For pushing. For now, stay. Wait. Something is on the horizon.” (Jan L. Richardson, Night Visions: Searching the Shadows of Advent and Christmas)

SOCIAL JUSTICE HISTORY AND THE PLIGHT OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN’S

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“I do not think the measure of a civilization is how tall its buildings of concrete are, but rather how well its people have learned to relate to their environment and fellow man.” – ( Sun Bear, Chippewa)

A CHRISTIAN OBSERVANCE OF YOM KIPPUR – THE DAY OF ATONEMENT

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“Think of Yom Kippur as a lookout on the top of a mountain that you have been climbing all year. See your days and their moments spread out before you. Be willing to look now at this big picture of your life. Your ultimate goals. Your beliefs. See each person in your life as part of that picture. What lesson have they taught you even if you had to learn it through pain? What message is God sending you by putting this person in your life?” – (Sara Debbie Gutfreund)

THE COMPASSION OF GOD – AN ELUL MEDITATION

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And now these three remain; faith, hope and love. But the greatest os these is love. – (1 Corinthians 13:13)

A TIME TO PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE – AN ELUL MEDITATION

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“When Jesus was baptized by John, the heavens opened and the Dove descended upon Him. Immediately thereafter, that same Dove drove Him into the wilderness to fast for 40 days and to contend with the territorial strongman over the earth, satan himself. For 40 days, Jesus warred through prayer and fasting to reverse the curse of Adam and Eve and to overcome the devil and release atomic power into the earth. The results recorded in Luke show that history changed forever through the strength and victory the Lord gained by His obedience. Divine power was now His! (Lou Engle)