Week One: How to Get Through Hard Times Isaiah 40:1-5 What do you enjoy the most during Advent? What do you dread? In verse 4, the imagery lends itself to…
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So what do I do if my holidays aren’t Hallmark-y? How do I navigate tricky relationships and unmet expectations and the absence of a loved one? They suck me in…
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My mind untangles itself as my surroundings do, and God often speaks clearly here while I work with my hands to restore spaces and things to beauty. What does it…
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Like Russian dolls stacked inside each other, we are every version of “self” we have ever been. Some of the dolls make us proud. Reinventing yourself is one of the…
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In 1833, protestant pastor Johann Hinrich Wichern founded a mission school for impoverished children in Germany called the Rauhes Haus. Legend has it that during Advent the children asked when…
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