A Lenten devotion by the pastor of our sister church in Calderitas.
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Advent is a season of waiting. It is a time when days are short and nights are long. This season of waiting is a time when, much like the people in our passage from Isa, we embrace the profound dissonance between the beauty of God’s promised kingdom and the grotesque injustices of our world.
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A new year beckons. With it come plans for personal change, growth and service, whether we formulate them into “New Year’s resolutions” or not. But with all our plans and hopes, will we find ourselves over-committed and stressed out?
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In this video, step into the perspective of the voiceless, and see clearly how Christ remains a radical and much-needed inbreaking of love and hope this Christmas.
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Over the years, as a spiritual practice, I’ve collected an Advent sound track to help me get ready and stay firmly rooted in the Advent season! These are some of my favorites…what are yours?
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Joel was in medical school. Pastor Danielle had just finished seminary and had student debt. And Pastor Danielle was looking for a job. So why and how did they do it?
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The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. And also with you. It is a familiar line for a longtime Lutheran Church goer. In fact, you can find it in almost any service, from everyday Sundays to weddings and funerals. So what is so important about this short section of the service?
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Jesus spoke these words to his disciples, people who would soon experience life without his physical presence. They would be tempted to view life from the perspective of scarcity. They wouldn’t have Jesus . . .
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Last Tuesday evening, the photographer and three subjects of Abuelas: Portraits of the Invisible Grandmothers visited Advent for a reception and discussion about the collection on display here. Read a reflection on the pieces and an account of the night, with quotes from the photographer and participants.
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The first in a series of explanations about the different elements of our worship service. Some of us gathered have been worshiping our entire lives and some of us are rather new at it, but when God is present, as God is in worship, there is always room for all of us to grow.
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Yesterday we woke up to the worst shooting in America, since the last one. When something like this happens we ask ourselves, how can this be? Yet if we are being honest with ourselves, we aren’t all that surprised.
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As I am writing an earthquake has just struck Central Mexico. It has been two weeks since a quake struck Guerreo. And Hurricane Maria is on course for Puerto Rico.
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