+ Isaiah 12:2-6 Each day of Advent, we will post here a brief meditation on the Coming of Christ; please come back throughout Advent for reflections, art, music, and more. The final Advent Bible study will meet Tuesday at Java Jack’s Coffee House on North Street at 8 am. See you there!

It’s another fun Friday in Advent, so a little bit of humor might be in order… First up: Dean McIntyre, who directs worship music resources at the United Methodist Church’s General Board of Discipleship, has written this lovely little ditty that can be sung to the tunes of O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM or IT…

What if you could recognize people of faith by how they spoke? By an absence of cliche or of dehumanizing mockery or glib consolations? And what if conversion meant taking on not just a new vocabulary and new ideas but a new style of talking? The “world” is a place where it is barely possible…

All of creation belongs together in the arms of its Creator. The final vision is that not only will all men and women recognise that they are brothers and sisters called to live in unity but all members of God’s creation will come together in complete harmony. Jesus the Christ came to realise that vision.…