“Celtic Advent Week Two: Welcoming Darkness”

“Darkness covered the face of the deep.  And the Spirit of God moved over the face of the waters.” Genesis 1:2 “And there was darkness over all the earth.”  Luke 23:44 It is no coincidence that Advent is observed during the darkest time of the year.  It is a time to anticipate the coming of…

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“Welcoming Celtic Advent”

“And as Jesus was returning, the people welcomed Him, for they had all been waiting for Him.”  Luke 8:40 “Now Paul stayed two full years in his own rented lodging and welcomed all who came to him.”  Acts 28:30 “Welcome Christmas come this way, Fahoo fores dahoo dores, Welcome Christmas, Christmas day. Welcome, welcome fahoo…

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The Gift of a Blessing

“The God of your father shall help you and the Almighty shall bless you with blessings from heaven above.”  Genesis 49:25 The bible is full of blessings.  There are blessings from the beginning to the end and everywhere in between.  But one doesn’t need to look in a book, no matter how Good it is,…

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“Peace in the Midst of Political Pandemonium”

“And all the people in the synagogue were filled with rage as they heard these things; and they got up and drove Him out of the city, and brought Him to the crest of the hill on which their city had been built, so that they could throw Him down from the cliff.  But He…

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“The Heart Rules”

“Love does no harm to another; Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law” Romans 13:10 “Probably all laws are useless; For good people do not need laws at all, and bad people are made no better by them.”  Demonax the Cynic, 70 – 170 AD Demonax, a Greek philosopher, had it right.  Though he…

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