Contributed by Amiri Hooker on Dec 15, 2024
                    
                
                
                    The Challenge of Joy in Troubled Times
Church, this third Sunday of Advent—the pink candle Sunday—ushers us into joy. But how do we celebrate joy in a world so gripped by fear and trauma?
                
                    
                        Sermon Joy in Troubled Times
Zephaniah 3:14-20 The Message
14-15 So sing, Daughter Zion!
    Raise your voices, Israel!
Daughter Jerusalem,
    be happy! celebrate!
God has reversed his judgments against you
    and sent your enemies off chasing their tails.
From now on, God is Israel’s king,
   
                        
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