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2021/11/28

Happy HOPEFUL New Year!!

One of the best things about following the church, or liturgical, year is getting more than one first day of the new year. The church year begins with the first Sunday of Advent, which as I type is today . . . Happy New Year! Many people use the first day of the year to […]

Article by Barry / Advent, Preaching, Sunday, Year C / advent, advent 1, hope, preaching Leave a Comment

2020/12/20

Love. It is still all you need.

The Fourth Sunday of Advent is today and is the Sunday of Love. What a great Sunday to end with. We begin with hope and end with love, sounds like a perfect relationship. “Life in a prison cell may well be compared to Advent. One waits, hopes, and does this, that, or the other—things that […]

Article by Barry / Advent, Preaching, Sunday, Year B / advent, Advent 4, love, preaching Leave a Comment

2020/12/13

We don’t have to choose

The Third Sunday of Advent is the Sunday of Joy. Joy is one of those tricky words because it has perfectly acceptable casual uses but also more technical uses. Happiness and joy are often considered synonyms and used as such with no difficulty. However, there is a deeper meaning to “joy” that connects us to […]

Article by Barry / Advent, Preaching, Sunday, Year B / advent, advent 3, happiness, happy, joy, joyful, preaching, rejoice Leave a Comment

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