How
did we get here, to this place
Christmas
and commercialization
the
birth of our holy Savior
and
the coming of Santa
The
pagan and the sacred
a
most unholy of unions
The
birth of the living Christ
and
the coming of the fat man
But
what can we do now
to
extricate the briars
the
wheat from the tares
while
the weeds are yet blooming
How
can we find our joy
in
this midst of such confusion
the
pearl of the sacred birth
and
the selling of the season
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December
11, 2012
Spirit
Study,
around
session 2,
“Giving Up
on Perfect”
of video
series:
“A
Different Kind of Christmas: Living and Giving Like Jesus”
by Reverend
Mike Slaughter
and
companion book,
“Christmas
Is Not Your Birthday: Experience the Joy of Living and Giving like Jesus”,
also by
Reverend Mike Slaughter,
led
by Pastor Ruth Foss
A Handmaiden of the Lord
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
December
9, 2012
Second
Sunday of Advent
&
Worship
Theme: “I Believe in the Love/ Peace”
Luke 3:1-6 (English Standard Version Bible)
John the Baptist Prepares the Way
Malachi 3:1-4 (Common English Bible)
Philippians 1:3-11 (Contemporary English
Version Bible)
and
sermon – “True Love”
by
Pastor Ruth Foss
Suncook United Methodist Church
December
9, 2012
Second
Sunday of Advent
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