Advent Reflections
Advent Reflection | Saturday, December 12
Today’s A Weary World Rejoices story comes from Judy Liliensiek: Weariness to joy brings to mind the Bible verse Psalm 30:1-5 “Weeping may tarry for the night but joy comes…
Read MoreAdvent Reflection | Friday, December 11
Today’s A Weary World Rejoices story comes from Rick Thomas: My mother died on Thanksgiving Day 2002 after a long struggle with brain cancer. The entire fall leading up to her…
Read MoreAdvent Reflection | Thursday, December 10
Today’s A Weary World Rejoices story comes from Ryan Panzer: In 2010, the Wisconsin Badgers won the Big Ten Championship and earned a trip to the Rose Bowl. As a member…
Read MoreAdvent Reflection | Wednesday, December 9
Today’s A Weary World Rejoices story comes from Robyn Zimmerman: Worst Year Ever. That phrase pretty much sums up my year in 2020. Everywhere you look you can hear people saying…
Read MoreAdvent Reflection | Tuesday, December 8
Today’s A Weary World Rejoices story comes from Lynne Kroger: During this pandemic I certainly have felt much weariness in my life. I am just retired and am used to being…
Read MoreAdvent Reflection | Monday, December 7
Today’s A Weary World Rejoices story comes from Barb Friberg: The year of great pain. I was a computer programmer. I had worked on programs for about 10 years that I…
Read MoreAdvent Reflection | Sunday, December 6
Each Sunday we share, in place of our story, a portion of the 40th chapter of Isaiah. The people of Israel knew something about collective weariness. In this chapter Isaiah speaks…
Read MoreAdvent Reflection | Saturday, December 5
Today’s A Weary World Rejoices story comes from Sadie Skibo: As an introvert, I am quite good at keeping myself busy and after buying a house this spring, I had lots…
Read MoreAdvent Reflection | Friday, December 4
Today’s A Weary World Rejoices stories come from 7th Grade Students Tessa and Kira: Tessa Many times throughout this pandemic, I have found myself and others around me stressing a…
Read MoreAdvent Reflection | Thursday, December 3
Today’s A Weary World Rejoices story comes from Joanne Berg: The other day I stared idly out my window at the activity in the neighborhood. Seeing cars coming and going, people walking their dogs,…
Read MoreAdvent Reflection | Wednesday, December 2
Today’s A Weary World Rejoices story comes from Liz Deterding: l love words. I love examining them, researching their origins, translating them into other languages, taking them apart, rearranging them…
Read MoreAdvent Reflection | Tuesday, December 1
Today’s A Weary World Rejoices story comes from Karen Perzentka: When the “shelter in place” was ordered in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I wondered how I would face…
Read MoreJoyful Expectation | December 19
“If we don’t encounter liminal space in our lives, we start idealizing normalcy.” – Richard Rohr I seem to be a person who needs routine – I’m old and I…
Read MoreJoyful Expectation | December 18
lim·i·nal /ˈlimənl/ adjective relating to a transitional or initial stage of a process. occupying a position at, or on both sides of, a boundary or threshold. For God alone…
Read MoreJoyful Expectation | December 17
The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.” Then a great and powerful wind…
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