Week 1 Thursday — Simply Christmas: An Advent Experience

THURSDAY DAILY PSALM I love you, O LORD, my strength. The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. Psalm 18:1-2 CONNECTION FAMILY STORIES OF HOPE Today,...

Week 1 Tuesday– Simply Christmas: An Advent Experience

TUESDAY   — HOPE DAILY PSALM Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my sighing. Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I pray. In the morning, O Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation....

Week 1 Monday– Simply Christmas: An Advent Experience

MONDAY DAILY PSALM I will give thank to the Lord because of his righteousness and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High. Psalm 7:17 CONNECTION HOPE Our journey into Advent begins in darkness, embracing the fact that we don’t know when Christ will...

Week 1 Sunday — Simply Christmas: An Advent Experience

SUNDAY   — HOPE ADVENT SEASON   WEEK ONE THE UN-EMPTIED DISHWASHER A Devotional Reflection on Mark 13:24-37 Of all the chores I had when I was younger, emptying the dishwasher was one of my least favorite. It wasn’t the hardest chore, and definitely didn’t take...

Simply Christmas: An Advent Experience — Introduction

SIMPLY CHRISTMAS — AN ADVENT EXPERIENCE — WEEK ONE A word from Pastor Dennis Day: An Advent Experience… SIMPLY CHRISTMAS Greetings and welcome to the Advent Experience Devotional. We trust it will enhance and inspire your Advent experience this...

returning to renewal

It’s a new chapter.  Switzerland seems like it was almost a lifetime ago, yet I still feel the pang of longing in my heart for that place I learned quickly to call home.  However, it is clear a new chapter has begun, and this chapter happens to be in a setting...