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Tag: #adventblog2021

  • Our Hope Has Come

    Merry Christmas! Joy to the World! On this Christmas Day in 2021, there is so much to wish for, to hope for, and to long for…. Jesus was not born in a time of peace, he was born to save us and this world. We need him more than ever this year. May the love…

  • The Bells are (Almost) Ringing

    This Christmas Eve, I share some pictures and music to calm your soul… If you need a place to worship from home this Christmas Eve, at 6:30 pm EST, you can stream from our church, Marble Collegiate in New York City. If you cannot make it at 6:30, you can stream the service at anytime….…

  • Amaryllis and me…

    A tale from a long ago mind and place wove a story for anyone who would listen. A tale of longing, waiting, persistent love. A story of a shy, young shepherdess, Amaryllis. A young girl, who, through her daily life guiding, cajoling, leading her flock, met a young and, we hear, very handsome and strong…

  • Have Hope

    Sometimes it’s difficult to find evidence for hope in God’s world; in God’s Word, in God’s church, in God’s people, yes, there are signs aplenty – including in that which is imperfect.  But in God’s world – a place so chaotic, so corrupted, so flawed, divided and secularized?  Where do we look to remember that…

  • Walk in the Light

    Shared by Rev. Brittany Juliette Hanlin “Walk in the light(walk in the light)Beautiful light(beautiful light)Come where the dewdrops of mercy shine bright(Oh Lord)Shine all around us by day and by nightOh oh oh oh, Jesus is the light of the world…”          Advent is a season of watching and waiting, but it also a season…

  • Advent Begets Patience

    Isaiah 40:31 says, “They who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.” Today, as I listened to Mendelssohn’s “I Waited for the Lord “…  (I waited for the Lord, he inclined unto me…he heard my…

  • Waiting upon the Lord

    “But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”Isaiah 40:31 (KJV) My boyfriend and I moved into our new apartment in Fort Lee, NJ on November 19th, 2021.  It was a very hectic…

  • The Fragrance

    But thanks be to God who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads in every place the fragrance that comes from knowing him.  2 Corinthians 2:14 When I saw the theme for this year’s Advent blog, I realized I don’t know much about amaryllis plants.  I know they are beautiful,…

  • As Mary Moves On…

    From that fateful dayOf a special kind of impregnationWhen she first knows,BelievesThat the seed of a life  Has been plantedHas taken holdOf her body  Of her mind Of her spirit As Mary moves on.. Into day after dayOf a not necessarily special kind of gestation That pulsesThat flows That throbsIn the pleasure of knowingIn the…

  • Breaking News

    And if it please thee, let it be so that I put onthe mind of Mary.From:  Putting on the Mind of MaryBeth A. Gery Mary, mere budding floweret in your innocence, youwere the first one to hear the news and believe – refusing todismiss it as a fanciful burst of inspiration springing forthfrom your own…