Tag: advent
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Advent Week Four: Love
(Full disclosure: I am back-dating this post. It’s already 2024 as I write this but I was preoccupied with many things at the end of the year that I did not get to write this. I’m channeling that week in my memory as I write this; it is not realtime.) I’m finishing the year feeling…
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Advent Week Three: Joy
I got to experience joy this week. Weeks of hopping from church to church, while exciting in its own way, can be exhausting for the soul. This past Sunday we visited Minnow’s church in Harlem called Renaissance. It was such a great Sunday to visit. I know every Sunday will not be like this; Minnow…
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Advent Week Two: Peace
“What does peace mean to you in this season?” I paused, unsure how to answer this question. Surely I feel the strife and tension in the world; those answers come quickly: wars cease, no more violence, mutual understanding, etc. But what would make everything right in myself? Some of the things I think will make…
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Advent Week One: Hope
There are certainly conflicts in the world seeking resolution that overlap with Advent longing. Palestine/Israel. Hamas. Hostages. Genocide. Ceasing ceasefires. It’s tragic. I suspect that, like the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, it’s duration will test and stretch my capacity to hope. Yet while I don’t think I can properly speak to the complexity of the…
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O Holy Night
I was short an art piece to use as a background for our church’s Christmas Eve Service. This was used for the background of O Holy Night.