Click Here to Download the Full Devotional (PDF) Art for Week 4 Fog and Rust Original Song by Steve Dagley Fog and Rust: I was burning through a fever I couldn’t tell day from night As I fumbled through that dimness I felt I’d been living this way for most Most of my life I…
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Advent Devotional Week 3: The Candle of Joy
Click Here to Download the Full Devotional (PDF) Art for Week 3 The Way of Joy | Joy Of The Father Abby Sidmore, Acrylic on canvas Artists Statement: For my advent piece I created an Acrylic painting on canvas. My painting is mainly inspired by the verse Luke 10:21 where Jesus is expressing joy…
Advent Devotional Week 2: The Candle of Peace
Click Here to Download the Full Devotional (PDF) Art for Week 2 The Way of Peace | “Thou Will Keep Him in Perfect Peace” Danielle & Jon Rodgers Cello arrangement with photography Watch at nscbc.org/perfectpeace Artists Statement: I used to sing Samuel Wesley’s “Thou Will Keep Him in Perfect Peace” with an anglican choir…
Advent Devotional Week 1: The Candle of Hope
About the Advent Devotional The four weeks leading to Christmas are traditionally a season to anticipate Jesus’ arrival—to contemplate what it means for the God of the universe to be present with us. This year’s Advent Guide builds on the Beautiful Life series by exploring the traditional Advent themes of hope, peace, joy, and love…
Jesus: Gentle Master
Read John 20:11-29 I was recently building a snowman with a 3 year old. It was an interesting dance of helping and not helping. She is at the stage where she “wants to do everything by herself.” In one moment, she would announce, “I can do it myself,” but in the next breath she would…
Jesus: Innocent Convict
Read John 18:28 – 19:16 The tension of this passage is as old as time – who holds power and how will it be used? In the case of Jesus, the religious leaders have found him guilty of blasphemy, but lack the authority to take his life. The Roman government has the authority to execute…
Jesus: Man of Peace
Read John 18:1-14 The Washington Post published a story that occurred on the streets of London in the wake of George Floyd’s murder. Demonstrators clashed with far-right activists. A photographer in the crowd heard, “That’s not what we do!” At that moment, black demonstrator Patrick Hutchinson emerged carrying a white man over his shoulder. Hutchinson…
Jesus: Unity’s Source
Read John 17:2-26 We are a beleaguered people. A pandemic has frayed our social fabric; political discourse devolves into pejoratives that further polarize; natural disasters batter communities; the world over, citizens take to the streets over failures of leadership and social injustice; negotiated truces seem a meager match for historic hostilities. When one looks upon…
