by Pastor Mark Gierus

Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, ‘Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything – all she had to live on’ (Mark 12:43,44).

by Carolyn Ehrlich

I will sing praises to my God while I have my being (Psalm 146:2b).

by Carolyn Ehrlich

And his brothers listened to him (Genesis 37:27b).

by Anne Hansen

The meaning of the word ‘Advent’ is that of a coming or an arrival. The whole focus of the season of Advent is the celebration of the birth of Christ (the first Advent) and the expectation of the return of Christ (the second Advent). This season celebrates the truth about God in the coming of Christ

by Carolyn Ehrlich

They hated him and could not speak peacefully to him (Genesis 37:4b).

by Carolyn Ehrlich

But Esau ran to meet him and embraced him and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept (Genesis 33:4).