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Our Advent Companion: Peace
The second candle of Advent is Peace. I have always enjoyed the additive aspect of Advent. Each week we add to our experiences: They complement each other and enrich these fast-moving days. Just as the vines and branches of the wreath…
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Our Advent Companion: Hope
This week marks the beginning of Advent, the holy season that starts the first Sunday of December and ends Christmas Day. Many Christian traditions include the weekly lighting of candles on an Advent wreath. Each week during Advent, I will share…
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Singing with Grateful Hearts
It was a couple of days before Thanksgiving, and the newly formed community children’s choir rehearsal drew to an end. Their Christmas concert was just a couple of weeks hence. The group of 14 or so elementary-aged children sang, talked, wiggled,…
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After the Fall… Of Leaves, That Is
Despite the cold snap that sent this week’s morning temperatures into the upper 30s, the big Bradford pear that graces our front yard is stubbornly hanging onto its summer-green, heart-shaped leaves. The spreading branches teem with a luxuriant mantle that refuses…
