Tuesday, December 11, 2012

The Pagan and the Sacred



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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