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From the Pastor
First Presbyterian Church of Honeoye Falls December 2011 Dear friends in Christ, Intersections. We experience them every day. Two roads cross, or "T". We look both ways and walk or drive through them. Friends meet after years apart. They share how their lives have "intersected" through the years. In my first parish (Quanah, Texas), I discovered quite by accident that my paternal great-grandmother was the greataunt of one of the members of the church I served, and that an uncle of mine grew up in that town (and even helped lay the brick on the street in front of the manse). A couple of unexpected, deeply moving "intersections." Advent (the four Sundays/weeks prior to Christmas) is a season of incredible intersection:
That’s an intersection! The very Word of God (the Word which was present at creation) became flesh (intersected with our very being) and dwelt/lived/moved into the neighborhood/set up a tent among us. That's an intersection of heaven and earth, divine and human that is—frankly—unique among faith messages. Advent explores those intersections, as we and the world around us celebrate the birth of Jesus in Nazareth.
These are intersection questions. Advent invites us to ask them, and to be open to the responses that come through the asking. Looking for intersections, Reverend Val |
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