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Posts Tagged ‘Advent’

Invitation to Advent: Leaders in Liminal Space

By Ruth Haley Barton | November 25, 2019 | 4

This week, we release our Advent podcast season of the Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership podcast! If you’ve already signed up for our mailing list, you’ll get a notification for…

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Advent 4: Mary and the Prayer of Indifference

By Ruth Haley Barton | December 12, 2011 | 11

Lectionary readings for December 18, 2011: 2 Samuel 7: 1-11,16; Luke 1:46b-55; Romans 16:25-27; Luke 1:26-38 Then Mary said, “Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be…

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Advent 3: Keepin’ it Real

By Ruth Haley Barton | December 6, 2011 | 3

Lectionary readings for December 11, 2011:  Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11; Psalm 126; 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24; John 1:6-8, 19-28 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John…he himself was…

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Advent 2: Preparing the Way: Making Confession

By Ruth Haley Barton | November 29, 2011 | 6

Lectionary readings for December 4, 2011:  Isaiah 40:1-11; Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13; 2 Peter 3:8-15a; Mark 1:1-8 “See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way; the…

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Preparing for Advent

By Transforming Center | November 18, 2011 | 107

During Advent we wait for the coming of Christ not only in the ancient world of the Biblical story, but in our own lives now. As is our tradition, we…

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Advent 4: Joseph and the Walk of Faith

By Ruth Haley Barton | December 13, 2010 | 11

Lectionary readings for December 19, 2010:  Isaiah 7:10-16; Psalm 80:1-7; 17-19; Romans 1:1-7; Matthew 1:18-25 “Sooner or later, if we follow Christ we have to risk everything in order to…

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Advent 3: Gifts in the Wilderness

By Ruth Haley Barton | December 7, 2010 | 4

For December 12, 2010 Ruth Haley Barton “The desert of which I speak is a desert of the spirit: a place of revelation, conversion, and transformation.  A true revelation is…

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Advent 2: Necessary Preparations

By Ruth Haley Barton | November 29, 2010 | 0

For December 12, 2010 Ruth Haley Barton “Our spiritual life depends on His perpetual coming to us, far more than our going to him.  Every time a channel is made…

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Advent 1: The Importance of Staying Awake

By Ruth Haley Barton | November 24, 2010 | 2

“You will find the living God in the pages of the Bible.  You will find him also just exactly where you are.” Mother Frances Dominica Guidance for your Lectionary reading,…

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Advent 4: The Courage to Say Yes

By Ruth Haley Barton | December 20, 2009 | 0

“We are all meant to be mothers of God, for God is always needing to be born.” Meister Eckhart In the fourth week of Advent we begin to move beyond…

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Advent 3: The Messenger and the Message

By Ruth Haley Barton | December 15, 2009 | 0

“The house of my soul is too narrow for Thee to come in; let it be enlarged by Thee. It is in ruins. Do Thou restore it.” -Augustine In this…

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Advent 2: Necessary Preparations

By Ruth Haley Barton | December 10, 2009 | 0

“The word of God came to John in the wilderness. He went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. As…

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Advent: The Courage to Wait

By Ruth Haley Barton | December 5, 2009 | 1

“God comes to us like the sun in the morning…when it is time. We must assume an attitude of waiting, accepting the fact that we are creatures and not the…

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Advent: Training in Waiting

By Ruth Haley Barton | December 22, 2008 | 0

“No one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who works for those who wait for him.” Isaiah 64:4 The seasons of the…

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Advent: Training in Waiting

By Ruth Haley Barton | December 10, 2007 | 1

“Waiting is the hidden preparation through which God puts his ministers. We neglect it to our own peril.” –Richard Foster The seasons of the church year are meant to teach…

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Advent 4: Saying Yes to God

By Ruth Haley Barton | December 25, 2006 | 0

“When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and exclaimed with a loud cry, ‘Blessed are you among women…

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Advent 3: A Community of Waiting and Expectation

By Ruth Haley Barton | December 20, 2006 | 0

“As the people were filled with expectation and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Messiah, John answered all of them by saying, ‘One…

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Advent 2: Preparing the Way

By Ruth Haley Barton | December 15, 2006 | 0

In the fifteenth year of the reign of Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was ruler of Galilee…during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas,…

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Advent: Light of Our Darkness

By Ruth Haley Barton | December 10, 2006 | 0

“There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on the earth distress among the nations confused by the roaring of the sea and the wave.…

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