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Jesus among the rubble
A nativity scene in Bethlehem this year placed the baby Jesus among a pile of rubble. Bethlehem is silent this year. The Church of the Nativity is nearly empty. And in our darkness, he still comes. In the brokenness of our world, he comes. In the destruction we choose, he still comes to bring hope. When we are bent on…
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God with us
Some thoughts from last Sunday’s sermon from Taylor Ishii, our church’s youth pastor. “God will stop at nothing to be with us.” Also, a quote (in my paraphrase) he gave from Stan Hauerwas: “What shouldn’t stun us is that Mary is a virgin but that God won’t abandon us.” May we be reminded of the stunning truth of this season:…
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Christmas Eve — Tuning our hearts
It’s my last Christmas Eve service at Heights Church serving as pastor. It took me over 19 years of preaching to finally get a message where the points play off of a word! My penultimate message and I FINALLY get something together using one word!
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The Power of His Coming
4 But when the fulfillment of the time came, God sent his Son, born through a woman, and born under the Law. 5 This was so he could redeem those under the Law so that we could be adopted. 6 Because you are sons and daughters, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!” 7 Therefore, you are no longer a slave…
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