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Posted on January 8, 2021

The Great Conjunction of Promise and Hope

After a difficult year, maybe we all need a sign that God is with us in a troubled world, and we turned our eyes to the southwestern sky for a sign of hope.

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Posted on January 9, 2020January 10, 2020

Still calling, still forming

The reading from Jeremiah is an invitation to stop listening to the stories we tell about ourselves and start listening to the stories God has to say about us. You are not “less than.” You are “more than.” The God who created you is close by. The God who formed you is still forming you. The God who called you by name, still calls.

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