Author: Arnie Wierenga

Advent 4

If we know
that God stands
with the lowly rather than the powerful,
I wonder why we so often look
to stand alongside
the powerful.

Rev. Deacon Wendy Elson

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Advent 3

Every Thursday,
women of the Plaza de Mayo
gather there in Buenos Aires. They
wear white scarves and have
banners with names of the
30,000 people who
disappeared

Rev. Arnie Wierenga

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Advent 2

They
were exiles
without even a place to belong,
looking for the hope of a new peace…
people whose faith is surviving
in the toughest environment,
in a spiritual desert.

Rev. Ian Brown

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Advent 1

All
the galaxies
were in plain view
and the sky was alive with wonders. 
It was a night for seeing the stars as they were meant to be seen.

Rev. Sandra Houghton

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She
would not
have walked in on her own,
or stayed through the day, but he was
able to be there beside her, and now she had a chance to live.

Rev. Jennie Gordon

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What we
have been given
by this crazy master carpenter
is abundant and unending, death-defying love. 

Rev. Jennie Gordon

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The
people
who lived there
had always needed to be
well prepared for the long winter,
which could come early and suddenly.

Rev. Sandra Houghton

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You may
be the boss,
but you will be a leader
when you also learn how to follow.

Rev. Sandra Houghton

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The
truth is
that we never
exist in a vacuum.
We are always in relationship.

Rev. Ian Brown

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