Tag: #AdventWord
#AdventWord posts with MBS team members responses to AdventWord. AdventWord is an international community with an inspirational online Advent calendar featuring a daily prompt word selected from the Sunday Lectionary readings.
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AdventWord 2024: Trust
Trust is a Tricky Word Can you have trust without truth is a question I remember asking teenagers which caused a long debate. They decided no – because if you have trust in something that isn’t true then it’s not really trust, but something else. This was long before ‘fake news’ and social media’s continual
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AdventWord 2024: Gentleness
Embracing Gentleness: A Reflection on the Nativity Mary and Joseph in a stable with their new baby is an image that we often see at this time of year. The story of how Jesus Christ was born in a stable after they had travelled to Bethlehem, is told in schools and churches across the world.
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AdventWord 2024: Rejoice
A Weary World Rejoices We’re almost half way through Advent today! As well as this AdventWord daily posting habit I have enjoyed Kate Bowler’s annual Seasonal devotionals, both Lent and Advent. This year’s is called ‘The Weary World Rejoices’ and you can download it by clicking on the picture-> Kate Bowler’s 2024 Advent Devotional Kate
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AdventWord 2024: Proclaim
Proclaiming the Everyday: Celebrating Life’s Small Wins In a world that often highlights big milestones, it’s easy to forget the power of small wins. It’s these everyday accomplishments – no matter how minor they may seem that can boost our energy, improve our mindset, and keep us moving forward. To proclaim the everyday is to
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AdventWord 2024: Salvation
Salvation is a tricky word Quakers are remarkably quiet about Salvation – there are only a few references in Quaker Faith & Practice (the book of discipline for Britain Yearly Meeting) and a quick internet search will show a similar lack of discussion. We are more concerned in our own transformation, and how that plays
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AdventWord 2024: Righteousness
The Light of Righteousness: A Guiding Star for the Holiday Season As the holiday season surrounds us with twinkling lights, warm gatherings, and reflections on the year gone by, it’s a perfect time to consider what it means to walk in righteousness. Often misunderstood as unattainable perfection, righteousness is, at its heart, about aligning our
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AdventWord 2024: Prepare
The Pressure of Preparation This time of year, brings a lot of pressure to be prepared, and so much going on it can quickly become overwhelming. For any walk of life, it is easy to get swept up in the material things, to ensure we tick off the numerous tasks we feel we should complete
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AdventWord 2024: Joy
Joy to the World I’m sure I’m not the only person who when they think of that phrase hear it sung, or indeed have trouble not starting to sing the carol. I like that this beloved hymn was written by a rebellious son, Isaac Watts, who complained to his father that current church music didn’t
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AdventWord 2024: Refine
How Small Adjustments Can Make a Big Impact Photo by Carl Heyerdahl on Unsplash In 2025, MBS is turning its attention to communication, community and collaboration. In addition to our bi-weekly A-Z series, we are hosting FREE quarterly training workshops. Today’s AdventWord is REFINE and I would like to explore refining your communications strategy. You might
