God With Us in the Word: Week 4

Happy Fourth Sunday of Advent as well as Merry Christmas Eve!  Today is one of those rare days in our liturgical calendar where the fourth Sunday of Advent happens to also fall on the same day as Christmas Eve. Last week, we prayed with the second reading.  This week,...

God With Us in the Word: Week 3

Welcome to the third week of our Advent Series, God with Us in the Word.  Today is Gaudete Sunday or the Sunday of joy.  The pink candle is lit on our advent wreaths this week as a reminder of the  close celebration of Christ’s birth. As I write this post and as...

God With Us in the Word: Week 2

Welcome to the second week of our Advent Series, God with Us in the Word.  This Advent season we are turning to one of the many ways God remains with us–through Scripture. The Living Word:   After almost two decades of praying with Scripture on a regular basis,...

God With Us in the Word: Week 1

Happy Advent! Today begins one of my favorite seasons of the liturgical year: the season of Advent.  Advent is the beginning of our church’s liturgical year and is a period of expectation and hope as we await the coming of Jesus’ birth on Christmas Day. ...