Archive for November, 2009
Prayer Request: Friend from High School
I just had the most bizarre conversation with a friend from high school via Facebook Chat. We led a Bible study together our year, and once we graduated I tried to stay in touch with him, but he never returned my emails/Christmas cards/IMs. We found each other on Facebook, but it was way back when [...]
2 Comments | Keep Reading»Collect for the First Sunday of Advent
Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to [...]
1 Comment | Keep Reading»Preparing for Advent
My favorite time of the year is Christmas, and as I learn more about the church year, I realize that Advent is my favorite church season. From Wikipedia:
Advent (from the Latin word adventus, meaning “coming”) is a season of the Christian church, the period of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity [...]
Happy Thanksgiving!
I missed Thankful Thursday this week because . . . I was being overly thankful on Thursday with Thanksgiving! So, here is a belated Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. Looking forward to my favorite time of the year starting tomorrow with the new church year!
Leave a comment | Keep Reading»To every thing there is a season . . .
Today there is no denying that it is fall – it’s chilly, the sky is overcast, and the wind is all blustery . . . it’s blowing the leaves everywhere!
The fall leaves always remind me of change; how each year we cast off the old foliage, start over, and allow for new growth. In church [...]
