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Tag Archives: Joseph
Still snowed in – Lent 5
Even though it’s now less than two weeks till Easter Sunday, our Christmas tableau is still snowed into our front yard. At least now — surprise! — we can see what’s there, what has been hidden deep under the snow … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, Christmas tableau, Easter, frozen, Jesus, Joseph, journey, Lent, Mary, melting, photo, revelation, snow, Spring, Winter
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Snowed in: Lent 4
The snow still covers most of the story from our awareness. Buried deep within our hearts the fullness of all that makes us who we are is waiting to emerge. On the slow and steady movement on the Lenten journey … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, Christmas tableau, creche, decoration, Easter, four seasons, frozen, ice, inner life, Jesus, Joseph, Lent, Lenten journey, manger, new life, resurrection, seasons, snow, Spring, springtime, Winter
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Laetere!
“This is the day that the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it!” (Psalm 118:24) Lent is a journey through the desert. It is dry. And there’s little for comfort. Let alone luxury. It is a … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham, acceptance, bible, celebration, Christian, church, comparisons, confession, desert, disciplines, drought, elder son, equity, fair, faith, famine, Fracois Lelord, freedom, God, Gospel, grace, happy, Hebrew Scriptures, Hector and the Search for Happiness, history, Jacob, Jesus, Joseph, journey, joy, laetere, Lent, liturgy, love, mission, Old Testament, parable, party, resentment, sin, story, thanksgiving, The Prodigal Son, trust, Worship
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Grant us peace
This evening we find ourselves at the threshold of all that Christmas anticipates. Our sight is therefore narrowly focused on the immediate. After all the waiting and the long journey, Mary and Joseph have finally arrived at the place of … Continue reading
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Tagged angels, Bethlehem, bible, birth, children, Christ child, Christianity, Christians, Christmas, Christmas Eve, Christmas pageant, church, Dona Nobis Pacem, God, good news, Gospel, Jesus, Joseph, Khartoum Ontario, magi, manger, Mary, peace, peace on earth, prayer, sermon, shepherds, spiritual growth, stable, story, tradition, Worship
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Are we ‘divergent’?
Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all those who stood by him, and he cried out, “Send everyone away from me.” So no one stayed with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers. And he wept … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, Canada, Canadian society, church, Cross, culture, Divergent, Egypt, future of the church, Genesis, Gospel, Gospel of Matthew, grace, Hebrew, history, immigrants, immigration, Jesus, Joseph, justification by grace through faith, lectionary, Luther Hostel, Lutheran, mainstream, Martin Luther, mission, movie, revised common lectionary, Robert Kelly, spiritual growth, Veronica Roth, Waterloo Lutheran Seminary
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A ‘fussy’ Christmas?
I was stunned, as I am sure many were, to see photos last week of snow-covered Bethlehem. They say it was, for that Mediterranean region, the first such weather event in over a century. And over the past century, biblical … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, angles, baby Jesus, Bethlehem, children's story, Christian, Christmas, Christmas Eve, expectations, gifts, grace, Joseph, magi, manger, Mary, maturity, sermon, shepherds, spiritual growth, Teamwork, The Fussy Angel, wise men, Worship
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Discerning God’s ways
How can we tell if it’s God’s voice we’re hearing? Joseph receives the call from God to remain in a committed relationship with Mary … in a dream, of all things (Matthew 1:18-25). And Joseph listens, and acts accordingly. His … Continue reading
