Posts Tagged ‘Advent’
Advent Visio Divina | Tom Kuchenbecker
Visio Divina directions Have the image in front of you Get comfortable and notice your breath and body Be present as you look at the image What is the image…
Read MoreAdvent Visio Divina | Jennifer Fagan
Visio Divina directions Have the image in front of you Get comfortable and notice your breath and body Be present as you look at the image What is the image…
Read MoreAdvent Visio Divina | Gary Lewis
Visio Divina directions Have the image in front of you Get comfortable and notice your breath and body Be present as you look at the image What is the image…
Read MoreExplore Advent with the December 2021 Messenger
The December 2021 issue of Good Shepherd’s monthly newsletter “The Messenger” is now available to read online. Print copies have also been mailed out and should be arriving soon.
Read MoreBlue Christmas
We’re acknowledging that the holiday season isn’t happy and bright for everyone. There are those in our faith community who have known sorrow, pain and loss this year. And given…
Read MoreAn Invitation to Sabbath
My soul was longing for an experience such as this and I was so grateful for the time to actually do it. I needed the reminder that God loves me just as much when I am at rest as when I am productive and busy. Maybe you do too?
Read MoreArt in the Dark
An Evening of Advent Creativity You’re invited to join the Good Shepherd community in creating Art for Advent. Whether you are an experienced artist or just like to draw stick…
Read MoreBlue Christmas | December 16, 2020
The holiday season is hard for those whose hearts are hurting. Not everyone is up and cheery for the Christmas holidays. Know…you are not alone.
Read MoreLivestream Worship | December 13, 2020
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Read MoreAdvent Mid-Week Worship | December 9, 2020
The candles of hope are lit once again this evening…illuminating hope for those in who are waiting, for those who waiting has become weary, and for those tonight whose eyes are strained as they watch in hope for the kingdom to come. Come, Lord Jesus, Come.
Read MoreLivestream Worship | December 6, 2020
John calls people to repent, to clear the decks, to completely reorder their lives so that nothing gets in the way of the Lord’s coming. The reading from Isaiah gives the context for this radical call: the assurance of forgiveness that encourages us to repent; the promise that the coming one will be gentle with the little ones. Isaiah calls us all to be heralds with John, to lift up our voices fearlessly and say, “See, your God is coming!” We say it to one another in worship, in order to say it with our lives in a world in need of justice and peace.
Read MoreAdvent Mid-Week Worship | December 2, 2020
Join us for mid-week worship as we journey through the season of Advent
Read MoreAdvent Jubilee
Helping Families Facing Eviction In ancient Israel, there was the concept of Jubilee where every 50 years people’s debts were forgiven, and slaves were set free. While there is debate…
Read MoreLivestream Worship | Sunday, November 29, 2020
Stir up your power, and come! The psalmist’s plea in Psalm 80:2 has become familiar to us in the Advent prayers. Isaiah wants God to rip the heavens open. Both cry out for an apparently distant, angry God to show up, to save, to restore. When we hear Jesus describing the coming of the Son of Man with stars falling from heaven, it can sound dire and horrible, not like anything we would ever hope for. But when we really look at the suffering of people God loves, we can share the hope that God would tear open the heavens and come.
Read MoreThis Sunday | December 22, 2019
Today Isaiah prophesies that a young woman will bear a son and name him Emmanuel. The gospel is Matthew’s account of the annunciation and birth of the one named Emmanuel, God-with-us. During these final days of Advent we pray, “O come, O come, Emmanuel,” a beloved hymn based on the O Antiphons, ancient prayers appointed for the seven days preceding Christmas. On this final Sunday of Advent we prepare to celebrate the birth of the one born to save us from the power of sin and death.
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