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Tag Archives: Advent

24Dec 2020

Advent – Christ

by Mike Bonikowsky ⋅ Leave a Comment

Whom have we ever had but you?
Who came to be alone with us
Who came to sit and weep with us
In the winter after Christmas. … Read More →

17Dec 2020

Advent – Peace

by Mike Bonikowsky ⋅ Leave a Comment
four lit advent candles stand in a dark room. A Christmas tree is in the background.

Everyone tells me to be glad
Everyone tells me I should sing,
Says ‘Peace, peace,’ But there is no peace.
… Read More →

10Dec 2020

Advent – Love

by Mike Bonikowsky ⋅ Leave a Comment
three lit candles on a table.

I don’t want to wear a mask
But I’ll wear one for my friend
His lungs are bad, and if he
Gets the virus he will die. … Read More →

03Dec 2020

Advent – Hope

by Mike Bonikowsky ⋅ Leave a Comment
Two lit candles sit in front of evergreen branches. Two more unlit candles are in the background.

We have hope! Even though
This year has been hard.
For good things can come
When we least expect them. … Read More →

28Nov 2020

Advent – Faith

by Mike Bonikowsky ⋅ 1 Comment
One candle is lit beside three unlit candles. There is greenery around the candles and a bouquet of flowers in the background.

We have faith that this won’t last
That this sickness will end
In glory, not in death, but
We know sometimes they’re the same. … Read More →

25Nov 2020

Advent

by Mike Bonikowsky ⋅ Leave a Comment
An advent wreath sits on a table. The candles are unlit and it is in shadow. In the background is a nativity scene.

In the group home they are waiting… … Read More →

13Dec 2019

The Light of Peace Has Come

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light

In Bekoji, Ethiopia, a place that housed tools of war is becoming a place that will offer supports which will nourish and grow the community. This is all because its members now rightly believe that their children with disabilities are image-bearers of God. That’s a light I can live in. … Read More →

28Nov 2017

The Advent of Christ’s Barrier-Free Kingdom

by Chantal Huinink ⋅ Leave a Comment

Isaiah presents a vision of the glory of the Lord being revealed when there are no barriers; the valleys have been lifted, the mountains have been made low and the planes are smooth; I could go anywhere and do anything regardless of my wheelchair. … Read More →

12Dec 2016

Advent Devotional: Faithful communities of peace

by Keith Dow ⋅ Leave a Comment

Does your church work to show your community that people with disabilities are truly welcomed and embraced? If not, what good is your faith? Faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead, but faith that is accompanied by action is a beautiful offering of love toward God and other people.” … Read More →

02Dec 2015

Advent, red lipstick, and facing the world (Lorna Bradley)

by Disability and Faith Forum ⋅ Leave a Comment
Advent Candle

I thought I had outgrown that keen sense of yearning, but then I became a mother of a child on the autism spectrum. I found a whole different level of yearning for all of the answers to be revealed as I contemplated an unknown future. … Read More →

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