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Dear First Presbyterian Members & Friends

Advent means “coming to” or “coming towards.” For Christians it means that God has come, is coming, and will come to fulfill his redemptive plan for his people and for all of human history. Jesus of Nazareth, Jesus the Christ, Jesus our Savior and Lord is Emmanuel “God With Us.” Jesus is the One who offers any and every person, any and every family, any and every nation the fullness of life, the purposes of God, the way to live in grace and peace both now and eternally.

The Advent Conspiracy

I first heard about the Advent Conspiracy during a recent conference in Atlanta. The spokesperson made a really good point. All too often as followers of Jesus, we can feel like we are left with only two choices during the holiday season:

We can emphasize the secular part of the holiday and Christmas can morph into X-mas, or Stress-mas, or GottaBuyEveryoneAGift EvenIfTheyDoNotWantIt-mas.

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.

Isaiah 2:3

Let the Lord speak this invitation to your heart. “Come up to the mountain of the Lord; come to the house of God.” Why? That you may learn His ways and learn how to walk in His paths.