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Keeping Watch with Mary
First Sunday of Advent 2012 When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be And in my hour of darkness she is standing right in front of me Speaking...
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Keeping Watch with Zechariah
Wednesday in first week of Advent 2012 by Marjorie George God was speaking again. Not for 400 years had the voice of the prophets been heard in Israel. Malachi, writing in about 500-450 B.C., had...
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Watching with the Pharisees
Second Sunday in Advent 2012 by Marjorie George I am standing in the kitchen when I realize I need my watch. So I head toward the bedroom to get it – through the family room, down the hall, turn left...
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Watching with Herod
Wednesday in the Second Week of Advent 2012 The gospel writers Matthew and Luke are specific about the time of Jesus’ birth – it happened during the rule of King Herod (Matt 2:1; Luke 1:5). Is this...
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Keeping Watch with the Magi
Third Sunday of Advent 2012 by Marjorie George By now, the Magi are likely on their journey. Coming from the “East,” Matthew tells us, they are following a star. It is a journey of at least several...
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Keeping Watch with the Shepherds
Wednesday in the third week of Advent 2012 by Marjorie George In that region there were shepherds living in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night . . . and an angel of the Lord appeared...
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Keeping Watch on Christmas Eve
Fourth Sunday of Advent and Christmas Eve 2012 by Marjorie George On the trains and subways in London, there is a phrase that is written at the threshold of every doorway: “Mind the gap.” It refers...
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The Holy Innocents
Today, on the Feast of the Holy Innocents, Bishop David Reed reflects on this day and the killing of innocent children in Newtown, Connecticut. On this day that we remember the innocent...
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Epiphany devotionals
The Episcopal Church, the Anglican Church of Canada, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada have worked together to create a set of Epiphany...
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Sabbath Living – Lent 2013
Most of us think of Sabbath as simply not working on Sunday. But the framework of the Sabbath calls us to live intentionally mindful of the gifts God has given us and our response to them. During this...
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Sabbath Living – Lent 2013 – week 1
Ash Wednesday, February 13, 2013 It was on a Sunday evening, back when the only grocery store open on a Sunday past 6 p.m. was the local Seven-Eleven (so named because it was open from 7 am to 11 pm –...
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Sabbath Living – Lent 2013 – week 2
Second Wednesday of Lent “Now there arose in Egypt a Pharaoh who did not know Joseph,” (Exodus 1:8) and that was when the trouble began for the Hebrews. You will remember that the Israelites had come...
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Sabbath Living – Lent 2013 – week 3
Third Wednesday of Lent Sabbath Rest It is said by anthropologists that in our lifetime we are experiencing the sixth great extinction of species, the last having occurred 65 million years ago when...
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Sabbath Living – Lent 2013 – week 4
Fourth Wednesday of Lent Adopting Jubilee Jesus went to the synagogue and stood up to read. Luke tells us that the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. He unrolled the scroll, found the...
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Sabbath Living – Lent 2013 – Week 5
Fifth Wednesday of Lent The Death of Moses Mount Nebo Moses did not enter the Promised Land. After all his years of faithfulness to God, all the grief he took from the Israelites, all the time in the...
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Sabbath Living – Lent 2013 – week 6
Everyday Sabbath When Moses presented the Ten Commandments – including the fourth commandment to observe Sabbath — to the people, he included instructions for their use. “Keep these words that I am...
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The Big Reveal
“I will pour out my spirit on all people” (Joel 2:28, Acts 2:17). by Marjorie George Some young friends are having a baby and have opted out of learning the baby’s gender before its birth. “Why not?”...
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Signs and Wonders
by Marjorie George I laughed out loud when I saw the sign out front at Western Hills Christian Church: THIS IS THE SIGN YOU HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR Fortunately I was stopped at a red light on my way home...
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When Way Closes
By Marjorie George I have told this story before, so spoiler alert if you have already heard it. When I was 38 years old, I went back to college. I had spent my adult working life as a free-lance...
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To Jump or Not to Jump
by Marjorie George Hills of Galilee Jesus was in the wilderness. He was to spend 40 days listening for the voice of God and discerning the way forward for his ministry, recently launched at his public...
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