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  The presence of God is a place of beauty and wonder for all who enter in. When we are divorced from God's presence, it is profound ugliness and sorrow. Restoration of that relationship is the primary message of God's messengers. God is calling His people together and to Himself in this Advent season.  …

In Christ, all are invited into His shelter. In Christ, He does not just call us to come, He comes to us. In Christ, the waters and Spirit of baptism are available to all.

Who can forget the image of old Jewish elder, disgusted with the injustices of the world, shaking his fist in prayer to the God he loves and adores, demanding God’s attention and justice? And God does not strike him dead.

Meditations on Psalm 15

Our burning question today is that of those gathered at the preaching feast of Pentecost, ““Brothers, what should we do?””

Wall paintings of the text of John 3:5 and Psalm 26.6 on the west end of the north wall of the church of St James, Bramley, Hampshire., CC BY-SA 4.0,   19 September 2019, BabelStone     "Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted in the LORD without…

This is the good news. God is present. This is the comfort with which we are comforted. He is here. His Kingdom has arrived. We have been visited.

Whenever he spoke and whenever he speaks peace over waters, and cities, and lives there was and there is peace.

When Jesus appeared and began to teach, he started by saying, “Turn around! Change direction! God’s Kingdom has arrived!” God is restoring the land. We have been appointed to say that.