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Listening

Been neglecting this blog ...  Might be time to resurrect it Pastor's notes for 15 Dec 2013 Listening One important word during the season of Advent is  “WAIT” . Last Sunday I shared an article by Margaret Manning on the theme of waiting. One important reminder she shared was: The season of Advent that precedes Christmas is a season of hope-filled waiting. Advent looks forward in anticipation of Christ’s return, but also remembers all those who awaited his arrival into our world more than two thousand years ago. Advent is a season of stillness and reflection and as such, it is the antithesis of all the busyness and chaos of the Christmas shopping season. This week I would like to add another word for our consideration. And that word is  “LISTEN” . We live in a culture where we are not used to waiting. Popular culture works at conditioning us to want everything now. New quickly becomes old and we being conditioned to be easily distracted and impatient for the nex