Tag: Faith
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Praise Amid our Ordinary (Psalm 148)
A Lectionary Reflection from Psalm 148, Jeremiah 30:18–31:9 , and Matthew 20:29–34 || Praise in the Wilderness, Mercy on the Road
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Strangers Chosen and Sent into a Stranger World (1 Peter 1:1-2)
1 Everything Has Changed: Nothing Had Changed (Introduction) Before Christmas, I was able to go over to the Lyric theatre and see a telling of that world-famous work, A Christmas Carol. It was absolutely fantastic, but one of the things I loved about it was how they had set it in Belfast all those years…
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Live Because The Light Has Come (Isaiah 63:7-10)
1 What Do We Do When the Wait is Over? We have all had that season in life when we have been waiting for something to come, or perhaps even something to finish, and then it does. We find ourselves thinking, is that it or now what? The tension of waiting is that, when the…
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Christmas | The Light Has Come | John 1:1–14
The light has not only come — it has come near. 1. Introduction On Sunday evening, we gathered in the church, lit by candles, flickering light, and the screen. The carol service has become one of the most important services any church can do for its life and local witness, as for one night a…
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When the Light Slips Away (Advent Reflection)
As I was sitting earlier this afternoon, just after three o’clock, it was impossible not to feel how quickly the light was slipping away. By 15:58, the sun had officially set, and it already felt like evening. Add to that the sky never really lifted today: heavy cloud, no break of blue, no warmth from…
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Atr Irwin 