Kathleen Norris writes: I once heard a Protestant clergywoman say to an ecumenical assembly, "We all know there was no Virgin Birth. Mary was just an unwed, pregnant teenager, and God told her it was okay. That's the message we need to give girls today, that God loves them, and forget all this nonsense about a Virgin Birth." ... I happened to be sitting between some Russian Orthodox, who were offended theologically, and black Baptists, whose sense of theological affront was mixed with social concern. … [Read more...] about Advent Table Topic: Be Alert for Announcements
advent devotions
Advent Table Topic: Be Alert
During Thanksgiving holiday, our family of six took the time to prepare for the Christmas rush by giving thanks hitting the brakes, i.e., full stop to breathe catching-up around the house. not pulling out any of the Advent/Christmas boxes from the attic (and we still haven't). Gasp! But on Sunday, we began a simple practice of Advent with devotions, song, and testimony. The focus of our daily Advent dinner devotions is how God the Father worked through (and at times counter) to His people in preparation … [Read more...] about Advent Table Topic: Be Alert
Advent Devotions
Yesterday I posted Favorite Books of 2008. Below are two which I'm reading alongside the Word of God as the people of God journey through Advent and Christmas. Do you have materials which you return to again and again to enable you to focus upon the meaning of the season in the midst of the end of the term, the holiday festivities, and the beginning of a new year? … [Read more...] about Advent Devotions