Advent is the four weeks of the church year just before Christmas. The word Advent means “coming” or “arrival”. Advent is a time when we look back in time to celebrate Jesus birth and we look forward to his future return. Advent helps us think about how we are to live in this time in […]
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The Prayers of the People: Judges, Widows, Pharisees,Tax Collectors, and Us
In Luke’s gospel, Jesus tells two parables about prayer one right after the other. That’s probably not an accident. Whether Jesus actually told these parable back to back or Luke puts them in this order, we should pause and wonder how each parable interprets the other. The first parable is about a widow who will […]
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