Category Archive for "Advent"

Southpoint News December 21, 2017

Be Not Afraid Do you remember the cold mornings last week when the fog lay thick and dense on the ground? Do…

Southpoint News December 8, 2017

Why Advent? Why do we intentionally place ourselves in suspended animation, waiting in the darkness of Advent’s liminal space? Why do we talk…

Southpoint News November 24, 2016

The Threshold In Advent, we are invited to watch for a world that is closer than our breath yet just beyond the…

Advent: “Receive”

Christmas Play: Come and let our church children lead us in remembering the story of Jesus’ birth.Readings for Sunday, December 22, the…

Advent: “Wait”

Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!…

Advent: “See”

There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit. And the…

Advent: “Come”

Our scripture readings for December 1st, the first Sunday of Advent, are: Isaiah 2:1-5, Psalm 122, & Romans 13:11-14. Within these scriptures…

Joy

Monday night, Adam confessed, amidst lots of tears, his homesickness for Sterling and the sadness he’d been hiding in his heart.  He…

Advent Poem

Not celebrate? Your burden is too great to bear? Your loneliness is intensified during this Christmas season? Your tears seem to have…

Advent Prayer 2

Lord Jesus, Master of both the light and the darkness send your Holy Spirit upon our preparations for Christmas. We who have…

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