prayer
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Advent wreaths at home
by the Rev’d Nancy Rowe. A wonderful way to provide focus on the meaning of Christmas is to set up an Advent wreath on your dining table. A simple wreath with four candles around the outside and one in the middle is perfect. The candles represent the coming of the light of Christ into the…
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Light Shining In The Darkness
by The Rev’d Nancy Rowe. One of the big themes in the BIble is light shining in the darkness. In the beginning was total and absolute darkness. And God said, “Let there be light!” and so there was light in the darkness and God saw that it was good. But some people chose darkness over…
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Persistence
This past Sunday, we heard the story of the Syrophoenician woman in Tyre who bows at Jesus feet to ask for healing for her daughter. And although Jesus insults her at first, she is persistent and Jesus does for her as she asks. Persistence is a good quality to have in our relationship with God.…
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More Prayer for Lent
In my Ash Wednesday sermon, I spoke about adding something this Lent. So, instead of “giving something up” during this season, I asked folks to add more prayer to their daily routine. I realize many of you already pray each day, but for these forty days of Lent, I hope you will add something different…
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To Be Known By God
Psalm 139 is one of my personal favorite psalms. “O LORD, you have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from far away. You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a…
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