

Brooks, Wordsworth and the Visitation
When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the child leaped in her womb. Luke 1:39-45(46-55) Young pregnant Mary "goes with haste" to see...
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Dec 22, 2024


Shortest day, Longest night
On this day, light is limited and dark is long...and then we come out from under a proverbial rock, and bit by bit the light grows. At...
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Dec 21, 2024


A General Thanksgiving
Grant us the gift of your Spirit, that we may know you and make you known; and through you, at all times and in all places, may give...
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Dec 20, 2024


Happy Advent, you brood of vipers!
But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, ‘You brood of vipers! Matthew 3. 1 - 12 John the...
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Dec 19, 2024


The Lord is Near.
The Lord is near. Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made...
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Dec 15, 2024


Birth Pangs
A great portent appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars....
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Dec 12, 2024
Wisdom about Hope from Jim Wallis
https://open.substack.com/pub/dianabutlerbass/p/advent-calendar-december-10?r=l4css&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=f...
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Dec 10, 2024


Hope
"Be on guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with... the worries of this life." Luke 21. 29 - 38 As one who suffers from full...
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Dec 10, 2024


Down a Rabbit Hole with Madeleine L'Engle
On this second Sunday of Advent, as I was scrolling through my emails, I discovered this piece by Madeleine L'Engle, one of my favorite...
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Dec 8, 2024


Armor of Light
Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light ... from the Collect for the First Sunday...
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Dec 4, 2024