We
need to see the incarnation
the
coming of Christ
the
waiting in Advent
how
it really was
Giving
up on perfect
an
idealized sense of his birth
seeing
it as it was
messier,
more complicated
more
profound, here on earth
Christ
was fully human
the
stable was a cave
the
pregnancy a scandal
before
the Magi came
Christ
was a refugee
fleeing
before Herod
living
in a distant land
in
the sanctuary of Egypt
Giving
up on perfect
on
the silhouette of the stable
the
truth far more a miracle
the
reality of God’s coming
====
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
A Handmaiden of the Lord
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
December
9, 2012
Second
Sunday of Advent
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