Category: Advent
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Advent Reflection: Mary
Note: this post was originally a part of Colonial Church’s 2020 Advent Devotional. You may access that HERE. December 21st–Mary Scripture: 8 In that region there were shepherds living in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 Then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord…
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Lessons & Carols: The 5th Lesson (John 1:1-14)
A lesson given at Colonial Church as a part of the annual “Lessons and Carols” service. Shared on December 20, 2020. You can watch the service below or directly on YouTube. In the beginning was the Word; the Word was in God’s presence, and the Word was God. The Word was present to God from the beginning. Through the Word all…
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Kids’ Sermon: Songs of Love
Join in to hear a bit about God’s love! Kids- what is your favorite Christmas Song? “Joy to the World” “Jingle Bells” “Hark the Herald, Angels Sing” Tune in and find out Pastor Sara’s favorite Christmas Song… Merry Christmas, everyone!
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The Law is Love (A Sermon on Luke 10:25-28)
A sermon given at Colonial Church on December 13, 2020. You can listen to the sermon below or you can watch the Alternative or Traditional service on YouTube. You can also watch the Kids’ Sermon HERE. Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he said, “what must I do to inherit eternal…
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Advent Reflection: The Wise Man in the Rainbow Coat
Note: this post was originally a part of Colonial Church’s 2020 Advent Devotional. You may access that HERE. December 6th–The Wise Man with the Rainbow Coat Scripture: 30 The angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. 31 And now, you will conceive in your womb and bear…
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On Being a Bad Neighbor (A Sermon on Genesis 16)
A sermon given at Colonial Church on November 24, 2019. 16 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bore him no children. She had an Egyptian slave-girl whose name was Hagar, 2 and Sarai said to Abram, “You see that the Lord has prevented me from bearing children; go in to my slave-girl; it may be that I…
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For Onto Us a Child is Born (A Christmas Sermon on Isaiah 9:2-7)
This was part one of a two part sermon given on Christmas Eve 2018. I did the first part and Daniel Harrell did the second part. The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. Those who lived in the land of deep darkness, on them a light has shined. You have multiplied…
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Lessons & Carols: The Third Lesson (A Reflection on Luke 2:25-35)
What does it mean to wait for the consolation from suffering inside of a history that spans generations? Advent hope and longing for the promise yet to be realized, while still we wait and hope through the night, clinging to the promise in our hearts, the flicker of a love that reminds us—no matter the…
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Advent. Day 3: Elizabeth. “Bearing New Things”
Note: This post originally appeared as a part of Colonial Church’s 2018 Advent Devotional Series. I finalized the edits for it on the night that my baby quit having a heartbeat…I got home around 10pm to discover that I, at 9.5 weeks pregnant, was bleeding and we ended up losing the baby. The profound nature…
Sara Wilhelm Garbers (she/they), M.Div., Ph.D. 