Scripture

Devotional

Wed Jan 1-Focus on God

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It’s that time again, when we look at the close of one year and enter into a new year of the unlimited possibility of God’s Kin-dom. How will God’s Spirit be at work in our lives this year? Many of us may be glad to see the end of 2024 and happy to move on into 2025

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Christmas Day 2024

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I call Christmas lights “twinkle lights” to justify their use year round. It’s our human nature to find joy in light! And I feel validated by the new tradition my family started this year.

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Christmas Eve 2024

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Have you ever waited with great anticipation for something, only to have it not work out so well? Maybe it was an Amazon package that never arrived or a present that never made its way beneath your tree. Perhaps it was those medical results that weren’t as positive as you had hoped, the raise you counted on but didn’t get, an empty parking spot at Shoprite yesterday (I hear ya!), or world peace (many of us would probably settle for familial peace, and we don’t always get that either!)

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Mon Dec 23-Joseph Was a Good Man

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Joseph was a good man, and who could ask for more? He is clearly not the biological father of Mary’s child but Joseph isn’t concerned with who is the father when he decides to quietly call off the engagement. According to my study bible, Joseph’s decision to call off their engagement

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Fri Dec 20-May We Be Like the Shepherds

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I was thinking that Shepherds’ Field or the town in the West Bank known as Beit Sahour was not at all far away from Bethlehem. Google Maps says it is about a mile, but it takes quite a while to walk between the two places, maybe 50 minutes. Now, I can’t remember if there is a checkpoint between the two places, but that very well may be. I do know that the terrain is rough – it is hilly and desert like.

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Tue Dec 17-The Thrill of the Chase

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I spend way more time than I should looking at items on Facebook Marketplace. I don’t actually buy all that much – but I definitely enjoy the thrill of the chase. And when you find something great, it feels pretty special.

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Mon Dec 16-The Pink Candle of Joy

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As it often happens, I learned something new at worship this week.  I never knew, or even gave much thought to why one of the four candles on the advent wreath is a different color than the other three. As Joe explained, the candle for the third Sunday of advent is pink, because it represents joy.

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Fri Dec 13-Socks and World Peace

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Every year, since I was a child, I would ask my father what he would like me to get him for Christmas. As a child, I had a somewhat limited budget saved in my piggy bank. The reply was always the same; “You can get me some new socks and world peace.”

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