John on December 22nd, 2008

Can you believe that Christmas is this week?
This past weekend at Faith was awesome!  On Sunday morning the preschoolers and their families braved the -25 degree windchill to come and celebrate Jesus’ birthday at the 9:15 service.  I don’t know what was cuter:  the little kids dressed up in their Christmas outfits singing their little [...]

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John on December 15th, 2008

Rejoice in the Lord always.  I’ll say it again: Rejoice!
–Philippians 4:4

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This Week in Advent follows what has traditionally been called ‘Guadete’ Sunday.  Gaudete is Latin for ‘Rejoice!’.
Anticipation and excitement overflows in us this week so we rejoice in what we know is about to happen:  that our King is Coming!
He will [...]

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John on December 8th, 2008

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Everyone’s waiting for something.
What are you waiting for?
Some things are full of expectancy:  the last hour of the last day of school before summer break, the last day of work before you hop in the car and drive home for Christmas, and even the final few uncomfortable weeks before the birth [...]

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John on December 1st, 2008

It’s about this time of year when you might have the opportunity to work the word ‘Advent’ into a conversation or two.  Normally, your opportunities to use ‘Advent’ will be limited to joining it with ‘calendar’ and ‘chocolate’ as such:  “Who ate my Advent calendar chocolate today?”  However, you may find yourself in a hip [...]

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