The central calling of an Advent ethic is waiting. But this waiting is not a passive or idle activity. The root word for wait is the same root word for watch. Waiting means to watch, to pay attention to what God is doing around us. Waiting means to be alert, to keep … [Read more...] about 2022 Advent Guide: Keep Awake
2021 Advent Guide: Third Sunday of Advent
Luke 3:7-18 John said to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bear fruits worthy of repentance. Do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our ancestor’; for I tell you, God is able … [Read more...] about 2021 Advent Guide: Third Sunday of Advent
Advent Guide: Christmas Day
Excerpted from The Heart of the Work, an Advent Guide for Lectionary Year B from the North Carolina Council of Churches. Luke 2:1-20 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took … [Read more...] about Advent Guide: Christmas Day
Lenten Guide – Third Sunday
Excerpted from Power Made Perfect in Weakness, a Lenten Guide for Lectionary Year A from the North Carolina Council of Churches. John 4:5-42 So he came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was … [Read more...] about Lenten Guide – Third Sunday
Advent Guide: Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
Excerpted from Cultivating Care for Creation, an Advent Guide for Lectionary Year A from the North Carolina Council of Churches. John 1:1-14a In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All … [Read more...] about Advent Guide: Christmas Eve and Christmas Day