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advent 2020, week 4: what I’ve learned about love

Advent, Love, Marriage · December 22, 2020

Today, I’ve been married for 10 months. And I love the timing of this, in the final week of Advent, the week which bears the theme: …

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poem: the advent of our joy

Advent, Poetry · December 19, 2020

based on advent week 3 post: do we deserve joy? the advent of joycomes with a baby’s womb-leapingand a once-barren woman, familiar with …

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advent 2020, week 3: do we deserve joy?

Advent, Bible Study Notes · December 19, 2020

advent 2020 week 3: do we deserve joy?

What do you deserve? It seems like a weird question, but also one that I think most of us have a pretty negative answer for. For me, I …

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advent 2020, week 2: God understands our shame

Advent, Emotions, Grace, Peace · December 12, 2020

advent week 2 cover photo: God understands our shame

The second week of Advent is meant to be about peace. Instead, I found myself stuck in shame. So here’s the question I asked this week: How …

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poem: the advent of our shame

Advent, Poetry · December 12, 2020

cover photo for advent poem

a poem for Advent 2020, week 2 The advent of our shame was in the garden where we hid ourselves, clothed ourselves: Shame was our …

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advent 2020, week 1: only the beginning

Advent, Bible Study Notes · November 29, 2020

advent 2020 week one imagery

Advent is only the beginning In the gospels For the last four months, I’ve been reading & rereading the gospels each month. This …

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Advent: Peace and imperfection.

Advent, Peace · December 11, 2018

advent devotional 2018 cover photo of candles and devotional post title

“I was rounding the corner to the new year in every way. Promise had surfaced in my life. We’d had small circumstantial changes that had …

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Advent Songs, Christmas Eve: glory

Advent, Writing · December 24, 2016

The new year races towards me, but today, it’s only Christmas Eve. Still, as I read Luke 2 this morning, my thoughts went to the words …

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Advent Songs, part 4: peace

Advent, Poetry · December 18, 2016

advent 2016 songs: peace cover photo

This hasn’t exactly been a year of peace for me. Or, as the Hebrew word shalom describes it, it hasn’t been a year of flourishing or …

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