Tag: Advent

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Love Never Ends :: Prayer

lifeinthelabyrinthDecember 22, 2022December 22, 2022Leave a comment

As we celebrate Christmas, we celebrate God's love breaking into the world in the form of Immanuel. God With Us is more than just a name, it is a statement of love and compassion. Although 1 Corinthians 13 is often...

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From Generation to Generation | Communion Liturgy

lifeinthelabyrinthNovember 18, 2022November 18, 2022Leave a comment

I wrote this communion liturgy for our Advent series, From Generation to Generation. It will be part of our first week of Advent worship service where we will be reflecting on Matthew's genealogy of Jesus. Throughout Advent and Christmas, we...

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Of Love

lifeinthelabyrinthDecember 18, 2019December 11, 20192 Comments

As we light this candle of love, we proclaim that the love of Christ never fails.

Prayers

Offering of Pain | Prayer

lifeinthelabyrinthDecember 14, 20192 Comments

Have we lost hope as we bring you this offering of pain?

Liturgy

Of Joy

lifeinthelabyrinthDecember 11, 20191 Comment

Like hope and peace, joy often stands in defiance of our circumstances.

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Of Peace

lifeinthelabyrinthDecember 4, 20192 Comments

Embraced by this unknowable, unexplainable, indescribable peace, we can indeed say, “It is well with my soul.”

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Of Hope

lifeinthelabyrinthNovember 30, 2019November 30, 2019Leave a comment

As we light a candle of hope, we proclaim that God wants more for us than what we can see.

Exiled From the Nativity: Inclusion

lifeinthelabyrinthDecember 21, 2018December 17, 20198 Comments

What are the rules for being included at the nativity? And who gets to set them?

Exiled From the Nativity: Rebellion

lifeinthelabyrinthDecember 18, 2018December 18, 20186 Comments

Is my forced exile of the wise men also my act of rebellion against the commercialization (and consumer-ization) of Christmas?

FMF

still

lifeinthelabyrinthDecember 14, 20187 Comments

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it. - John 1:5