ACrossMission

7th day of Advent
December 9th, 2017
Mark 11:33-12:44

“Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

I've done it a million times. I've made a casual statement in a casual context and almost immediately someone chips in with a wonderfully irrelevant comme...

6th day of Advent
December 8th, 2017
Acts 11:19-26

Something was happening! The Gospel was breaking out of the synagogue. Light was bursting into the darkness, shining from Israel and penetrating deep into the Gentile world. Christians were courageously proclaiming Chri...

5th day of Advent
December 7th, 2017
Matthew 12:33

"... a tree is known by its fruit."

Lots of people hear it because so many people say it: "I don't go to church. Those people are hypocrites."

In the last few years, more than a few people close to me have challenged me...

4th day of Advent
December 6th, 2017
Micah 5:1-5

“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
though you are little among

the thousands of Judah,
yet out of you shall come forth to Me
the One to be Ruler in Israel,
whose goings forth are from of old,
From everlasting.”

If you are...

3rd day of Advent
December 5th, 2017
Micah 4:6-13

"I will assemble the lame,

I will gather the outcast

and those whom I have afflicted;

I will make the lame a remnant,

and the outcast a strong people."

Throughout Holy Scripture, we hear the promises! The lame will walk!...

2nd day of Advent
December 4th, 2017
Micah 4:1-5

"They shall beat their swords into ploughshares, And their spears into pruning hooks; Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, Neither shall they learn war anymore."

As Christ followers, we live in Ho...

1st day of Advent
December 3rd, 2017
Mark 13:33-37

"Beware, keep alert. You do not know when the time will come.

When the Kingdom comes it will be like a manager who is going away. When he leaves he puts his people in charge. Each is given their work. The manager instru...

Advent One, 2017

(together in Christ we light the Hope candle)

ALMIGHTY God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of Light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humil...

Beginning December 3 please join us each day of Advent for a brief contemplation of Scripture. Following the readings of the revised common lectionary, we will journey with the Church Global toward Christmas seeking God's will and God's way. God is Love indescribable....