I Believe Even When . . .: I Believe in the Light

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“What came into being through the Word was life, and the life was the light for all people…”

In this last week of Advent, our anticipation, our yearning, for the light is palpable. What is this growing within us? As our theme song has proclaimed, even when the sun is hidden from sight, even when love feels remote, even when we’re not sure of God’s presence… we sense that the light is coming, love is near and the holy is born yet again in the midst of the pain of life. There is hope. There is light.

I Believe Even When . . .: God is Silent

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“Look, I am sending my messenger before you… he will prepare your way…”
A seeming madman named John is prophesying in the wilderness. He speaks of one who will come after him, puzzling the people. “Who are you,” ask the people. “Are you the one who will deliver us from our fear and hardship and oppression?” Often we are left wondering these same questions. At times in our lives when we feel unsure of our next steps, when fear grips us in the face of uncertainty, when we look around and wonder when God will address injustice… when God will show up and save us… we yearn for the messenger, for the way to be made plain before us.

I Believe, Even When….: I Believe in God

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“Look, I am sending my messenger before you… he will prepare your way…

A seeming madman named John is prophesying in the wilderness. He speaks of one who will come after him, puzzling the people. “Who are you,” ask the people. “Are you the one who will deliver us from our fear and hardship and oppression?” Often we are left wondering these same questions. At times in our lives when we feel unsure of our next steps, when fear grips us in the face of uncertainty, when we look around and wonder when God will address injustice… when God will show up and save us… we yearn for the messenger, for the way to be made plain before us.

 

I Believe, Even When…. : I Believe in the Sun

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Leadership: When the Great Ones Pass On: The Challenge to be Faithful

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Leadership: When the Great Ones Pass On: Carrying on the Legacy

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God Is In: Celebrating Presence

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God is Always With You

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Gideon’s story is our story…though we don’t always act as though we know it is true, God is always with us.  God puts up with our numerous attempts and failures to get around the lifestyle God desires us to live, but if we hang in there with God, God will always be with us.

God is For You

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God is constantly at work in us, through us, and for us…just waiting for us to be ready to acknowledge God’s power in our lives, a power needed to witness to the world what it means to truly follow God’s calling in our lives.  Following that call, as Rahab did, means life for many who would otherwise not know life.