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Tag: longing (4 entries)

If You Knew the Gift of God

· 8 December 2008

Purple is the color of both Advent and Lent for a reason. They are seasons that point us to the beginning and end of Jesus' earthly life in a focused and deliberate manner. Jesus' birth points forward to His death,...

Advent Longing

· 1 December 2008

Many words can be said or written about the meaning of Advent, and its secular smothering from the busyness of shopping and decorating and such. Perhaps the gentleness of a poem will help set the tone. In the darkness of...

Hope and Faith

· 30 October 2007

Hope keeps faith alive, and faith rekindles hope when all seems lost. At one point in Hannah Hurnard's allegorical book of the spiritual journey, "Hind's Feet on High Places", the protagonist is having a particularly tough time. The Shepherd, an...

The Journey

· 11 September 2007

We are called to help each other to heaven. The last paragraph to C.S. Lewis' sermon, "The Weight of Glory", is extraordinary writing. Lewis, contrary to the times, is not afraid to talk about heaven. He reminds us, whether we...