December 2018/January 2019 Newsletter

From Your Rector
“Openness to God demands our growing acceptance that we cannot create blueprints for our own
lives. Though God’s character is unchanging, the ways of God are unpredictable, and there is a
difference between arbitrariness and unpredictability.”

― Enuma Okoro, Silence and Other Surprising Invitations of Advent

Advent is a time of preparation and anticipation for the coming of God. We prepare for the coming of God incarnate in the baby Jesus born on a quiet night in Bethlehem. We also prepare for the second coming of Jesus, perhaps the moment when we see God face to face at death or whenGod appears boldly in the clouds for everyone to see. We also prepare our hearts for God to come into them in a new way right now – to whisper in our ears new tasks God is calling us to do, new relationships God is calling us to build, or old broken relationships God is calling us to mend. Okoro’s quote speaks to our need to prepare our hearts to accept whatever God whispers to us in these days of preparation. God’s invitation might surprise us; it might ask us to do something that is different than what we’ve planned, that pulls us out of our comfort zone. Our calling as disciples is to be open to all the ways in which God comes to us– the humble, non-threatening ones, the mysterious ones, the surprising ones. Our prayer in all these situations is... Even so, come Lord Jesus.
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Randi+

2018 Submission Deadlines

Even if not scheduled for a submission, articles are always welcomed and encouraged! Please electronically submit your article to Mike Depew by the following dates:

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January 11th

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March 7th

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May 10th

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August 9th

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September 13th

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