Day Two: I Hope

Day Two: I Hope

Dec 4, 2017 | Devotions

Advent Devotions 2017 Day Two Hope December 4, 2017 I Hope “I hope.”  These words may constitute one of the shortest prayers we will ever say.  I don’t mean hope as it refers to wishful thinking.  I mean hope in the more biblical reference of “Confident expectation.” ...
Day One: Advent Hope: God is with Us

Day One: Advent Hope: God is with Us

Dec 3, 2017 | Devotions | 1 comment

Advent Devotions 2017 Day One Hope December 3, 2017 Advent Hope: God is with Us Many years ago, The New York Times ran an article about the Judith and Martin Markovitz from Newton Township, Pennsylvania. Every Hanukkah, the Markovitz family lights a menorah and places...
Devoting Time to Anticipation

Devoting Time to Anticipation

Dec 1, 2017 | Devotions

The season leading up to Christmas tends to be a hectic one. We’re busy buying and planning and decorating for the holidays – and sometimes we just forget to stop and remember the depths of the spiritual meaning to these few weeks. The church season of Advent helps us...
Advent Devotions 2017

Advent Devotions 2017

Nov 3, 2017 | Announcements, Devotions

Would you be one of our 20 writers this season? During this upcoming Advent season, I would like our church to reflect on the hope, joy, peace, and love Jesus brings into our lives. This year, our congregation will write a series of Advent devotionals that we would...

2016 Advent Devotions

Nov 23, 2016 | Devotions

Behold!: Cultivating Attentiveness in the Season of Advent by Pamela C. Hawkins Behold is an old-fashioned word we rarely hear these days. It’s not in most modern translations of the Bible. Yet Pamela Hawkins says this word softens the edges of her heart....

2015 Advent Devotions

Nov 24, 2015 | Devotions

Embodied Light: Advent Reflections on the Incarnation Why do we celebrate Christmas? Why was Jesus born? What does Jesus’ birth have to do with my life? Embodied Light invites you to ponder our Creator’s daring adventure of becoming human and coming to earth to live...