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Are you the One?

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Revealing God, we are a skeptical people. Throughout our lives we have been taught that what we see, touch, and hear are the most real. We barely believe until something is proven to our eyes or hands. We cannot help but ask with John if you are the one from whom we have been waiting. Move in our minds and hearts that we might see through the shadows of our certainty to notice even the smallest transformations around us. Then, may we proclaim that you are indeed the one! Amen.

Question

What are you waiting for? What conditions do you place on knowing for sure?

-Joshua Brockway; Director, Spiritual Life and Discipleship

Congregational Life Ministries of the Church of the Brethren is offering these simple prayers and questions in connection to this year’s Advent devotional written by David W. Miller. (Available from Brethren Press) Join us as we look and listen for the coming of the Word through the reading of scripture, David’s reflections, times of prayer, and conversations on this blog.

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Waiting on the Lord

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Coming Christ, we are preparing. But we must confess that we are not preparing for your advent, but for our own celebrations. Lists have been made, houses have been decorated, and menus prepared- yet we do not remember how to prepare our selves, our homes, or our congregations for your coming. Open our eyes and hearts, and enliven our hands and feet that we might join in the true preparations of the season. Amen.

Question

How many lists do you have of things that need done before Christmas or the end of the year? What on those lists is part of preparing the way for the return of Jesus?

-Joshua Brockway; Director, Spiritual Life and Discipleship

Congregational Life Ministries of the Church of the Brethren is offering these simple prayers and questions in connection to this year’s Advent devotional written by David W. Miller. (Available from Brethren Press) Join us as we look and listen for the coming of the Word through the reading of scripture, David’s reflections, times of prayer, and conversations on this blog.

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Keep Awake

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Lord, as the days grow shorter and the moon and stars light our drive home, we grow tired. The comfort of a fire, a warm blanket soon become the perfect cure for fatigued bodies and minds. Yet, we are reminded to keep watch for the new things you are doing around us. Help us care for these wonderful bodies you have created, and make us ever mindful that the end of times is not destruction of what is, but the fulfilling of what will be. Amen

Question

What does it mean to you that these bodies of ours will not be destroyed but fulfilled?

-Joshua Brockway; Director, Spiritual Life and Discipleship

Congregational Life Ministries of the Church of the Brethren is offering these simple prayers and questions in connection to this year’s Advent devotional written by David W. Miller. (Available from Brethren Press) Join us as we look and listen for the coming of the Word through the reading of scripture, David’s reflections, times of prayer, and conversations on this blog.

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The Days Are Surely Coming

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Creator God, to whom all time is present, we stand in the constant flow of minutes passing into history. Just as we remember the days gone by, we long for the days yet to come. This waiting hope, however, unsettles us. Grant us peace in this day to wait, both remembering the coming of your Word and longing for the day of Christ’s return. Amen

Question

Are you person comfortable with waiting, or are you a go out and get it done kind of person? What does this season of waiting reveal to your personal style?

-Joshua Brockway; Director, Spiritual Life and Discipleship

Congregational Life Ministries of the Church of the Brethren is offering these simple prayers and questions in connection to this year’s Advent devotional written by David W. Miller. (Available from Brethren Press) Join us as we look and listen for the coming of the Word through the reading of scripture, David’s reflections, times of prayer, and conversations on this blog.

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War No More

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Lord of heaven and earth, forgive us for limiting the age of your peace to heaven alone. Stir in us the vision of your present and emerging reign so that we may find the courage to take part in your work on earth as it is in heaven. Amen

Question

Where have you witnessed the transforming presence of Christ? How have you limited your understanding of Christ’s peace to heaven alone?

-Joshua Brockway; Director, Spiritual Life and Discipleship

Congregational Life Ministries of the Church of the Brethren is offering these simple prayers and questions in connection to this year’s Advent devotional written by David W. Miller. (Available from Brethren Press) Join us as we look and listen for the coming of the Word through the reading of scripture, David’s reflections, times of prayer, and conversations on this blog.

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Come to the Wilderness

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O God who speaks, your words through the prophets and your Christ both command and invite. Your desires for us at once command us to prepare the way and invite us into the fullness of life. Speak to us in this season of Advent that we might no longer hear only one or the other but that we might find the freedom that is granted in the coming of Christ. Amen

Question

How has the Church made too much of God’s commands at the expense of God’s invitations? How have we celebrated the invitations without attending to the requirements?

-Joshua Brockway; Director, Spiritual Life and Discipleship

Congregational Life Ministries of the Church of the Brethren is offering these simple prayers and questions in connection to this year’s Advent devotional written by David W. Miller. (Available from Brethren Press) Join us as we look and listen for the coming of the Word through the reading of scripture, David’s reflections, times of prayer, and conversations on this blog.