Tag: Advent 2022
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Advent 2022: Week Three, Monday, Revelation 3:7-13
Usually week three is the last full week of readings, but since Christmas falls on a Sunday this year, we are only half-way through, which means we have twice as much fun left. We begin the week with Jesus’ letter to the church at Philadelphia. 7. To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write…
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Advent 2022: Week Two, Saturday, Revelation 3:1-6
Sardis is like a place where forty years ago everything was awesome, but now it is just a washed up has been, nevertheless tourists still come by because of the reputation. You know, kind of like DisneyWorld. 1. To the angel of the church of Sardis write these things: The one who has the seven…
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Advent 2022: Week Two, Friday, Revelation 2:18-29
Today’s reading is the letter to Thyatira. Thyatira is one of those words that I enjoy pronouncing — it is so much fun to say it. Take a moment or two and just say it out loud over and over — Thyatira. Isn’t that fun. Too bad the words Jesus has for them aren’t really…
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Advent 2022: Week Two, Wednesday, Revelation 1:17-2:7
The reading for today takes us from the end of John’s introduction to Jesus in Revelation into the first of the seven letters. 17. When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He put his right hand on me and said, “Do not fear. I myself am the first and…