Reflection for the First Sunday of Advent

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Reflection for the First Sunday of Advent Be on guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with . . . the worries of this life. Luke 21:34 Waiting with the Word Our waiting is always shaped by alertness to the Word. It is waiting in the knowledge that someone wants to address us. The question is, are we home? Are we at our address, ready to respond to the doorbell? We need to wait together, to keep each other at home spiritually, so that when the Word comes it can become flesh in us. That is why the Book of God is always in the midst of those who gather. We read the Word so that the Word can become flesh and have a whole new life in us. Advent Online Book Discussion The popular online Advent Book Discussion begins today. This year's featured book is Henri Nouwen's Here and Now: Living in the Spirit. Facilitated by Ray Glennon, you are welcome to participate in any way that is spiritually nourishing for you! Read  *  Reflect  *  Share  For more information, click here. This week's Advent reflection is from Finding My Way Home, © Henri J.M. Nouwen. Published by The Crossroad Publishing Company and reprinted here with publisher's kind permission. Scripture quotations are from New Revised Standard Version Bible, © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Photo Credit: Henri Nouwen by Frank Hamilton, used with kind permission. Please support the Henri Nouwen Society this Christmas season. We couldn't do what we do without your help. Henri Nouwen Society| 1-866-226-2158 | www.henrinouwen.org STAY CONNECTED:

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