Church of the Advent of Christ the King

each time Jesus casts our legion, we will want to stay right next to him. And he will say, no, go out and tell others. Go into the world in peace to love and serve God with gladness and singleness of heart.

We may experience privilege in some areas of our lives, because of some of our attributes, while living under oppression because of who we are in other ways. No one is free when someone is oppressed.

Christianity is counterintuitive. It is difficult, even for believers, to accept its core principle: as Disciples of Jesus Christ we stand in the face of mortality and enmity and choose to live and love.

This is the Christian paradox which leads us into the mystery of our salvation: in order to live we must die.

When our spirits waver on this earthly pilgrimage, and when we look at death with dread, our Lord says to us as he said to those spirits in prison, “Rise up now! The Banquet is ready. The kingdom of God has been prepared for you for all eternity.

Sometimes it is hard for us to simply receive. Our world tells us that all interactions are transactional. You do for me so that I will do for you. This is not the Way of Christ.

4 Lent Yr. C: How to be Last Joshua 5:9-12; Corinthians 5:16-21; Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 The Reverend Paul D. Allick, The Church of the...

You might even wonder what nickname God has given you at this time in your walk with Christ.

The ashes remind us of how bad things can get and how good God is.

God is not only near us. God is once again walking along side of us. God is right here when life is good and when life is a trial.

Jeremiah 17:5-10; Psalm 1, 1 Cor. 15:12-20; Luke 6:17-26 The Reverend Paul D. Allick, The Church of the Advent, February 17, 2025 A...

We need each other. We need to know each other’s stories. We need to know our story to make sense of who we are and where we are heading.