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Advent’s Last Sunday: Love’s Ultimate Gift
I can’t believe Christmas is days away. Time passes quickly the older we get—at least, that is how it seems. However, from the world’s perspective, the Desire of Ages could not come soon enough. When God’s love incarnate left the womb of Heaven for a mother’s virgin womb in Nazareth, except for a few, the world nearly missed God’s love alive and crying in a Palestinian village. This love is not abstract or distant but tangible, earthy, and transformational, revealed in Jesus

Mark Hausfeld
Dec 21, 20241 min read


Advent’s Third Sunday: A Call to Rejoice
Scripture Reading: “Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.”...

Mark Hausfeld
Dec 14, 20242 min read


Peace: The Second Sunday of Advent
I find life at 66 years is most peaceful. The ambitions of my earlier years were either fulfilled or denied by God and people. My...

Mark Hausfeld
Dec 8, 20242 min read


Advent and Spiritual Formation
Advent, the four-week season leading up to Christmas, invites us to slow down and reflect on the profound mystery of God becoming human...

Mark Hausfeld
Dec 1, 20242 min read


Hope: The First Sunday of Advent
I'm thankful for the Pentecostal tradition I'm part of and the heritage it developed in my life. I also give thanks for the deep history...

Mark Hausfeld
Nov 30, 20243 min read


Book Suggestions for Advent & Reigniting Your Spiritual Formation
From Pastor Matt Thomas MA, Solid Rock Church, Springfield, Missouri The Fullness of Time book series - one short volume for each season:...

Mark Hausfeld
Nov 26, 20241 min read


Advent: A Sacred Reigniting of Our Spiritual Formation
Advent, the four-week season leading up to Christmas, invites us to slow down and reflect on the profound mystery of God becoming human...

Mark Hausfeld
Nov 26, 20242 min read


Developing Your Spiritual Formation Through Advent and Epiphany, the 12 Days of Christmas
As December approaches, Christians worldwide prepare for Advent—a sacred season of anticipation and reflection leading to the celebration...

Mark Hausfeld
Nov 25, 20242 min read
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