Love Has Come

“Dear friends, let’s love each other,
because love is from God, and everyone who loves is born from God and knows God."
-1 John 4:7

“Son of God, love’s pure light..."
This famous lyric from Silent Night seems like an appropriate way to describe Jesus this advent.
Jesus arriving in the world is the full expression of the light of God’s love. The central word for love in the New Testament is agape. It’s not a romantic feeling or a nice attitude. It is the essence of selfless goodness for the sake of another. It’s self-giving, other-oriented, and enemy-loving. The Apostle Paul writes that a love like that...never fails.

The time of Advent is a time of preparation to receive Jesus once again into the world. That means it’s a perfect time to explore our experiences of agape love- from God and from each other. And even if we’ve struggled to sense that love, it’s a chance to dream a little about what God’s love could look like in our world. It’s a re-imagining...
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The above paragraphs are from my introduction to LifePath's 2024 Advent booklet. Every year we gather submissions from anyone across our church community, as we reflect together on our theme. This year, the theme is Agape Love. Folks have written their own stories, scriptural reflections, poetry, and insights for us all to experience together each day of Advent (and beyond!). They are honest and diverse perspectives, borne out of honest faith. Every December, I pause my Together for Good weekly writings so we can amplify other voices of encouragement. 

If you'd like to read along with us this month and you're not an active part of LifePath Church locally, fear not! We bring you good tidings of great joy! You are invited to read along through our the digital version. It won't take long to catch up.

Here's the downloadable link to our 2024 LifePath Advent booklet.

Together for Good reflections will resume in January.

Jesus is coming. Watch and wait.
Love,
Keith