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Advent 2011

(After) Advent: Celebrating Well

December 27, 2011 by Charlie Clauss No Comments

Yes, Christmas Day has come and gone, but Christmas lasts twelve days.

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Advent: Set the Captive Free

December 20, 2011 by Charlie Clauss 1 Comment

More children, women and men are held in slavery right now than over the course of the entire trans-Atlantic slave trade. This comes from the web page of the International Justice Mission (IJM). This is not to denigrate the horror of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, but to underlines the horror of the current situation. Check […]

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Advent: Walking in Deep Darkness

December 13, 2011 by Charlie Clauss 1 Comment

Are you scared of the dark?

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Advent: Embarrassed by Hope?

December 6, 2011 by Charlie Clauss No Comments

You might have noticed that May 21 came and went without anything too unusual happening. Likewise October 22 dawned in similar fashion to October 21. These two days were predicted by Harold Camping to be the end of the world (it is not clear to me what he actually predicted for these two days, but you […]

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Advent: Watching and Waiting

November 29, 2011 by Charlie Clauss 2 Comments

How do you deal with waiting? Are there things that you find especially hard to wait for?

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