A beautiful Advent poem by Walter Brueggemann. It is published in his book "Awed to Heaven, Rooted to Earth" In our secret yearnings we wait for your coming, and in our grinding despair we doubt that you will. And in this privileged place we are surrounded by witnesses who yearn more than do we and by those who despair more deeply than do we. Look upon your church and its
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A couple of times a week we will post an exercise known as Lectio Divina . There are 4 basic steps: READ REFLECT REQUEST RESPOND READ Read or listen to the passage below slowly and carefully. Identify a word or phrase that captures your attention or jumps out at you. Luke 1:26-28 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,
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Thank you for joining us on-line! OCC is made up of people who are meeting in-person and who are meeting on-line. Remember we are currently showing the video of the service on a week’s delay. The video goes live at 8:00am So this video is from Sunday 10 December 2023 but is being shown on 17 December 2023, Brent Hargreaves is speaking in the on-line and Sean Angel is speaking in
Week 2 of Advent | PEACE "STARRY NIGHT" by Vincent van Gogh LOOK Look at the image below and let your eyes stay with the very first thing that you see. Keep your attention on that one part of the image that first catches your eye. Try to keep your eyes from wandering to other parts of the picture. Breathe deeply and let yourself gaze at that part of the
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Many of us have become news junkies. And leads to a certain amount of doomscrolling… moving from one story to another, compiling a catalogue of the many reasons there are to be depressed: the war in Ukraine; the horrifying events in Israel and Gaza; the crisis in North American democracy; the latest foolish or frightening utterance by a public figure. Doomscrolling is a hard habit to break. Despair, whether personal
Practice a breath prayer each time you receive a text message by breathing in and breathing out a 1–2-word prayer. For example: Breathe in “Jesus” and breathe out “with me.” Seek not to hurry others and say “I’m sorry” if you do. Look people in the eye every day this month so they know you see them, hear them, and value this. Look right at your roommate, coworker, children, spouse,
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