Come, let us walk in the light of the Lord
A reflection on our worship on the fourth Sunday of Advent:
After we'd lit the Advent candles of Love, Hope, Peace and Joy, Eric challenged us to look into ourselves for clues to where we might find these all too elusive qualities in this dark world. "Who can we love this Christmas time?" he asked us. "Where can we bring a measure of peace?" "To what hopeless ones some hope?" "For what burdened ones a hint of joy?"
How can we do this when we don't always know these qualities in ourselves? The ever beautiful words of the day's scripture from Isaiah 2:4-5 point the way for me. "God shall judge between the nation, and shall decide for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more."
In the light of that enduring dream, "Come, let us walk in the light of the Lord."
Eric's sermon on the fourth Sunday of Advent challenged us to look into ourselves for the Advent Love, Hope, Peace and Joy that we name we light the Advent candles.
submitted by Walt and Rachel
On a personal note... it was wonderful having both of the Scotts in worship on Sunday.
After we'd lit the Advent candles of Love, Hope, Peace and Joy, Eric challenged us to look into ourselves for clues to where we might find these all too elusive qualities in this dark world. "Who can we love this Christmas time?" he asked us. "Where can we bring a measure of peace?" "To what hopeless ones some hope?" "For what burdened ones a hint of joy?"
How can we do this when we don't always know these qualities in ourselves? The ever beautiful words of the day's scripture from Isaiah 2:4-5 point the way for me. "God shall judge between the nation, and shall decide for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more."
In the light of that enduring dream, "Come, let us walk in the light of the Lord."
Eric's sermon on the fourth Sunday of Advent challenged us to look into ourselves for the Advent Love, Hope, Peace and Joy that we name we light the Advent candles.
submitted by Walt and Rachel
On a personal note... it was wonderful having both of the Scotts in worship on Sunday.
posted by Kari at 7:19 AM
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