This week we begin week 1 of our…
Advent Sermon Series (4 wks) : Reflecting the Sacred
The bustling materialism of the Christmas season is a time when the sacred and secular sometimes feel in opposition. The word “sacred” points to something dedicated as “holy” and “set apart.” This year, we are invited to a spiritual journey of seeing ALL things pregnant with the Holy.
What could our experience of the Advent and Christmas season be like if we lived it imagining that everything is reflecting the sacred?
NOTE: This series loosely follows scriptures for RCL Year A and draws inspiration from Every Thing Is Sacred: 40 Practices and Reflections on the Universal Christ by Richard Rohr and Patrick Boland.
We begin this first week focusing on SACRED TIME. The busy-ness of the holiday season can overrun the sense of the sacred. The irony is that setting apart time for connection with the sacred gets pushed aside in order to create the trappings of what is supposed to be the season of celebrating the incarnation of the Holy! We will begin our Advent journey toward Christmas by emphasizing the gift of being awake to the “now”… the gift of sacred time with God, with each other, and with those in need of hope.
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