Week Four: Vigilance
Advent Series from Urban Skye Project  
 
(Luke 2:21-35)

         Thin Places are found along the journey

 

A series of religious activities reveal a devout young couple doing precisely what their law prescribed: circumcision, naming, purification, presentation, offering.  Enjoying the beauty of their tradition, they are interrupted by a strange old man wanting to hold their baby.  Any mother would tighten her grip. 

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Week Three: Surprise

Advent Series from Urban Skye Project

(Luke 2:8-20)

       Thin Places come where we least expect it.


The Shepherds were where you expect to find them: in the fields watching sheep sleep.  Without warning or invitation, an angel appears – enough to unnerve the cockiest of shepherds - followed by a crowd of heavenly beings.  They were chosen to receive the clearest message of cosmic importance to date: Today, Bethlehem, Child born, Savior. No interpretation necessary.

 

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Week Two: Silence
Thanks to Urban Skye Project for sharing the advent series with Ruminate. 
 
 
(Luke 1:57-66) 
Thin Places are cultivated through our inner world.          

 

God’s 400 years of silence is broken with good news to an old priest doing his priestly duty.  The irony is that more silence must follow. 

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Week One: Validation
-Advent Guide from Urban Skye Project-
 

(Luke 1:39-45)

Thin Places come through the encouragement of a soul friend.

 

Mary and Elizabeth make an odd pair.  Connected only by blood and now impending motherhood, they were otherwise worlds apart. Elizabeth was a priest’s wife, well-known for her piety.  Yet, she had long bore the cultural “curse” of childlessness. Mary was on the opposite end of life’s journey looking ahead and not behind.  She was a small town girl, betrothed to a man well chosen by her parents and awaiting the sacred space of marriage and children.  Then an angel interrupts her plans.

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Welcome to Advent: Introduction

We are lucky enough to to be able to share Urban Skye Project's "Advent Guide" with you all, our readers. I am very excited about this because it is a beautiful series on the theme of "Thin Places," a Celtic idea about the nearness of God. We will post from their guide each week this month. Enjoy!

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Give the Gift of Community
Yes, it's cheesy, and yes, I'm climbing onto my soapbox, but hear me out.
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