Contributed by Gordon Pike on Nov 28, 2021
                    
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    When we find ourselves in the depths of despair, we have the gift of Jesus … the very embodiment of God’s “hesed” … God’s steadfast love … and we have the cross to remind us of the greatest Christmas gift of all, amen?  
                
                    
                        	Advent is a time of tension.  There is the joy and anticipation of the season and the stress and strain of trying to prepare for it, amen?  But the season itself represents an historical and theological tension as well and I am going to use songs from the Jewish song book and songs from our own
                        
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