Four Advent candles stand in the middle of our winter worship space, one for each week of the season preceding Christmas. It is a quiet time of reflection and anticipation, even as we await the first big snowfall of the year here in this village. By Thanksgiving, there is normally a huge amount of snow on the ground which remains until spring, but day after day, the kids in particular await the arrival of the beautiful white stuff.
Just as we know that the snow will eventually come and stay, we have the hope that Christ will come anew into our lives and we will be able to celebrate the compassionate way that God chose to reconcile himself to the world.
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