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Mon. Dec. 31, 2012
Take pen in hand. Let God write you a love letter, a warning, a birth announcement.

-from Molly's Advent calendar ["Advent and Christmas 2012: Incarnation"]
I didn't leave the house today, and it is unfortunately true that snow accumulation disincentives me from biking, but seeing the snow in the driveway from the kitchen window is a nice winter thing.

At Coffee Hour on Sunday, Lisa C. mentioned missing book study, and I said Bobby had done lectio divina before Sunday morning service during Advent and we always do a Wednesday night Lenten thing, so we're unlikely to try to fit anything in between now and Lent, since that starts in late February/early March, though I didn't know offhand when exactly Lent starts this year. I looked it up while on the phone with Ari tonight and wow, Ash Wednesday is in like a month (Feb. 13).

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"Joy Sadhana is a daily practice in the observation of joy."
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12Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never be in darkness but will have the light of life.”

13Then the Pharisees said to Jesus, “You are testifying on your own behalf; your testimony is not valid.”

14Jesus answered, “Even if I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is valid because I know where I have come from and where I am going, but you do not know where I come from or where I am going. 15You judge by human standards; I judge no one. 16Yet even if I do judge, my judgment is valid; for it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Divine Parent who sent me. 17In your law it is written that the testimony of two witnesses is valid. 18I testify on my own behalf, and the Divine Parent who sent me testifies on my behalf.”

19Then they said to Jesus, “Where is your Divine Parent?”

Jesus answered, “You know neither me nor my Divine Parent. If you knew me, you would know my Divine Parent also.”

-John 8:12-19, NRSV, alt.
RCL: December 31, Year C
John 8:12-19
I am the light
(Though The Inclusive Bible notes: "John 7:53-8:11 is not fond in most of the manuscripts.")
joy sadhana )
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"Joy Sadhana is a daily practice in the observation of joy."
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Thus says God to these bones: "I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live. I will lay sinews on you, and will cause flesh to come upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live; and you shall know that I am God." (Ezekiel 37:5-6, NRSV, alt.)

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"Joy Sadhana is a daily practice in the observation of joy."
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"For I know the plans I have for you," declares YHWH, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." -Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)

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1) I heard back from one of the Hindu student groups and we might have someone available for Pride Interfaith.
2) The first ad on the gmail sidebar of said email chain was:
Be a S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent
Join forces with The Avengers and test your planet-saving skills.
www.shieldops.com
[This is probably because of the gmail draft I have of Avengers Tumblr posts, but whatevs.]
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"Joy Sadhana is a daily practice in the observation of joy."
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"For I know the plans I have for you," declares YHWH, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." -Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)

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Following up on Wednesday, Jeff M. preached this morning. He mentioned that while we in the West talk about "Doubting Thomas," in the Eastern Church he is "Saint Thomas the Believer."

Our opening hymn was #253, so I noticed #254 on the facing page, whose first verse is: "These things did Thomas count as real: the warmth of blood, the chill of steel, The grain of wood, the heft of stone, the last frail twitch of flesh and bone." I don't much like most of the rest of the hymn ("These Things Did Thomas Count," Thomas H. Troeger) but I do like that opening verse.

Our Unison Prayer of Confession:
Holy Jesus,
We thought we had lost you
But you broke open your tomb in victory.
It fills our hearts with joy
When we are able to see it.

Forgive us, God, that the truth of Easter is so hard to accept.

We confess, Jesus that we sometimes doubt resurrection.
We see the wounds of the world and despair.
We forget that your resurrected body still bore the marks of the cross.

We confess, Jesus, that when we doubt, we feel lost.
We turn our faces away from you in shame and lock the door out of fear.
We forget that doubt is an invitation to touch you more deeply.

Forgive us, God, that it takes so much convincing for us to hope.
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Jesus said, "Those who seek should not stop seeking until they find. When they find, they will be disturbed. When they are disturbed, they will marvel, and will rule over all." (The Gospel of Thomas 2:1-4)

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