Tag: Advent
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Advent 2, Year C–Malachi 3:1-4
We read this passage in our worship service last Sunday as the prophetic passage for the first Sunday of Advent. It is one of my favorites. Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. Malachi 3:1 Much is happening here, but it starts with the promise of a messenger. I…
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Advent 1, Year C–Luke 21:25-36
The gospel reading for the first week of Advent plunges us into the heart of some of Jesus’ scariest words, near the end of the Olivet Discourse. Jesus is teaching in the temple, in the shadow of his own cross. By the end of the week he will be dead. You can feel the weight…
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Advent 1, Year C, Zechariah 14:4-9
In my opinion, there is no more Christological Old Testament book than Zechariah. Word for word, it punches way above its weight. This is especially true in the latter section of text, beginning around Chapter 9. The lectionary reading to start the advent observance doesn’t disappoint. Nestled here in the ‘fly-over country’ of the Bible…