DENNIS
Good Morning. I’m Dennis Gossett with Central United Methodist Church. According to tradition, this Sunday is the first Sunday of Advent. Advent is an old Latin word meaning coming or arrival of, as in the coming of Jesus Christ. However, for the majority of us, we have forgotten what this season is all about. Instead, our minds are preoccupied with all the stuff we have to purchase and the anticipation of all the stuff we are going to get.
Long before there were Christmas Trees, shopping malls, credit cards, and Santa Clause, Christians actually went to church to celebrate the arrival of Christ into the world. They would hold all night vigils on the eve of this great day by lighting candles and singing hymns.
Doing something as primitive as this is very foreign to our Western minds. But did you know that Jesus said he came into the world not to give us more stuff, but rather to give us an abundant life. Life is more than stuff, sales and fighting over the last item on the self. I encourage you to give someone a real gift this season - LIFE. God bless.
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