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Wake up. Get up. Clothe yourself in Christ. The day is near. (Advent One. Matthew 24:36-44; Isaiah 2:1-5; Psalm 122; and Romans...

Welcome to this online guide to Advent (Year A). I hope you experience this course not so much like a travel guide for the novice...

To celebrate Christ as King is to say that the suffering servant is our sovereign and judge. This can lead to hope in these troubled times.

We are reminded that our true nature is that we are children of light and of the day. How encouraging.

Many of us feel as though we are running on empty. We are seeking what will sustain us.

It is of great comfort to know that those who have died no longer hunger or thirst nor suffer in any way.

The two great commandments are a reminder that the love that is at the centre of everything is a conviction as well as a feeling.

The requirement to give unto Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's may not be as clear as we thought!

What might it mean to be found inappropriately dressed at the wedding banquet?

This parable reminds us that God is giving the vineyard to those who are (good) trouble makers, the marginalised and the vulnerable!

This parable challenges us to grow toward the "Yes" to God's work in the world. And sometimes our honest starting place is No!

God's economy of love is very different to our ideas about what is fair and just.