Advent Love 2011

Advent 2011 Week 4: Love Verse: 1 John 4:7   Beloved, let us love one another,  for love comes from God… Song: O Come Emmanuel O come, Thou Key of David, come, And open wide our heavenly home; Make safe the way that leads on high, And close the path to misery....

Advent JOY 2011

Our Christmas mantle this year proclaims it; JOY! It is a beautiful word and a hard one to live by. I often find myself using the word almost interchangbly with happiness and yet there is such a difference. I think that happiness is a feeling or emotion mostly based...

Advent Peace 2011

This Sunday marks the beginning of the second week of Advent and for us the week of Peace. As our candle lighting reading reminds us; Jesus offers peace both to our hearts, our lives, and our world. Peace. It is a word that we often see and hear at this time of year....