Often, we have a hard time knowing what to do, how to act, how to pray, or remain faithful when our world seems to be falling apart. We throw up our hands as if to say this is too big, too hard, too scary.

Those things may all be true, but these feelings are not unique to us, and Jesus famously spoke directly to those of us who wish we need not endure such hard times in our lives. May his words along with the prophetic imagination of the prophet Micah give us wise counsel this morning.

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Last week we heard the story of the encounter between Andrew, Simon Peter, and John with Jesus (John 1:29-42). Their whole lives, these men have dreamed of following God and serving a Rabbi in the middle of the action of the Kingdom of Heaven, yet now, their prospects seem to have fizzled. But that was not how their story was fated to end, nor is it how any of our stories need to end, because inevitably, along comes Jesus.

Last week he invited us to “come and see” and to “go and tell.” This week, our invitation goes a step further: Jesus invites us to allow our minds, our assumptions, even our expectations to be opened wide as the fullness of God’s loving Kingdom is about to redefine everything we once knew.

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Today, as our journey with Jesus continues, we move from identity into living. We are given an invitation to step fully into one of those turning point moments in our lives. We are invited to answer the question, “What do you want?”

If we engage with that question deeply, everything just might change for us because the voice that named us beloved in the waters of baptism now calls us deeper: “Come and see,” the voice says. Will we follow?

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Before the teaching and the miracles, before the crowds and the conflict, Jesus receives something from the Father. He receives a name.  He receives an identity. 

He receives a word of love spoken over him before he has done anything to earn it.

Today we are gifted that very same as we follow in Christ’s steps and as the Holy Spirit anoints in becoming the light of heaven to the world around us.

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We don’t know if the Magi who visited Christ debated for weeks before packing their treasures, or if they set out the very next morning after seeing the star, driven by a divine sense of urgency. What we do know is this: they saw a great light and they followed it. They left the comfort of familiar rooftops and the safety of predictable stars, and they journeyed a thousand miles toward a light they did not fully understand.

In this season we are invited to Become the Light of Christ, for the sake of a world so often pulled between the celebration of the light and the gravity of deep darkness.

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The truth that we celebrate in Christmas is that the light of the world has come. Jesus Christ, our messiah, our savior is born. This is why candle light is so important at Christmas. These lights proclaim the THE light has come.

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For most of us, love has become whatever makes us happy in the moment, whatever we enjoy most, whatever we want more of in our lives. But, the love that entered the world in Bethlehem bears little resemblance to our casual affections or our Hallmark expectations. The love of God is a challenging thing to wrap our minds around and it becomes the spiritual work that we attempt to do throughout our lives.

This morning, as we light the candle of love on this fourth Sunday of Advent, we’re going to chase after what incarnational love actually looks like.

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Join us for an experience of cheer and wonder as retell the story of Jesus, Immanuel’s birth.

This will be a crowdsourced, interactive experience for young and old alike. It is a highlight of our year as we remember the greatest story ever told.

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