ADVENT DAY FOUR

He shall judge between the nations, and shall arbitrate for many peoples; 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.Isaiah 2:4 Wednesday, December 4, 2024Isaiah 2:1-11      1 Thessalonians 2:13-20Luke 20: 19-26 We read the wordsContinueContinue reading “ADVENT DAY FOUR”

ADVENT PEACE

SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENTDECEMBER 10, 2023 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her,that her warfare is accomplished,that her iniquity is pardoned:for she hath received of the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness,Prepare ye the way ofContinueContinue reading “ADVENT PEACE”

A HOPE FOR PEACE

Gratitude is the emotional response to the surprise of our very existence.Diana Butler Bass (Grateful, p. 43) I am writing on Thanksgiving Eve of 2023 – Wednesday, November 22. It didn’t occur to me until last night, as my wife and I were driving home from an interfaith Thanksgiving service, that it was sixty yearsContinueContinue reading “A HOPE FOR PEACE”