by Journey Community Church | Dec 6, 2017 | Advent |
Have you ever noticed that some people are really good at giving gifts while others are really good at receiving them? I have people in my life who are more in the “think of others and give them the best gift ever category”–me, not so much. As a natural...
by Journey Community Church | Dec 5, 2017 | Advent |
“Sacrifice” is a word that we all associate with goodness, with virtue, with honor. It’s funny though, when I make a sacrifice, even a voluntary one, I’m not normally celebratory. More often than not, I’m grumbling or at the very least identifying myself as a person...
by Journey Community Church | Dec 4, 2017 | Advent |
Giving Joy a Second Chance. I was seven years old the first time I visited the Ocean City, NJ boardwalk. As we approached the House of Mirrors, my feet were frozen – I was mesmerized! I held my mother’s hand as ocean waves thundered up through the wooden planks...
by Journey Community Church | Dec 3, 2017 | Advent |
A few weeks ago I walked in on a discussion between some of Journey’s stage production staff concerning what to do for Christmas at Journey this year. They chatted about what songs to play, what decorations to hang, even what the cover of the program should look like....
by Journey Community Church | Dec 2, 2017 | Advent |
As a kid I always HATED waiting for Christmas, it took so long to finally get here and I NEEDED my toys! I would see the ads on TV of the things I wanted and it felt like some torture seeing them in all their glory but still not having them. Then at some point...
by Journey Community Church | Dec 1, 2017 | Advent |
What is Advent? Advent celebrates the incarnation, the arrival of Jesus in our world. It’s a season waiting, of anticipation of something (or someone) greater. Of course, celebrate Christmas day but there is much more to celebrate in the days leading up to...
