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Showing posts with label Advent. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Advent. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 23, 2008

An Advent Prayer for Just Peace

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God, as we prepare to celebrate the birth of the Prince of Peace, we live with images of war dancing in our heads. Car bombs. Billowing smok...
Sunday, December 7, 2008

Prepare the Way: An Advent sermon on Mark 1:1-8 preached at Blossom Hill Mennonite Church

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The senses come alive during this holiday season. The smell of burning candles rising into the air. The lights of the Christmas tree shimmer...
Monday, December 1, 2008

Longing for Light: An Advent Poem by Leo Hartshorn

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Anticipating… Hoping for hope for an advent sign along the abandoned road that is supposed to lead to life Lighting purple candles Longing f...
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Leo Hartshorn
Portland, OR, United States
I grew up just north of Malibu, California, in Oxnard. I have been a musician and artist since the 60's. I entered Christian ministry in 1973 as a Southern Baptist and became a minister among the Mennonites in 1987 through the influence a baptist theologian friend, Dr. James Wm. McClendon, Jr. I would consider myself more of an neo-Anabaptist than a Mennonite. I have been a Christian minister for 40 years. 10 years in youth and education and 30 years in pastoral ministry in congregations in California, Texas, Pennsylvania, and Oregon. For 7 years I was Minister of Peace and Justice for Mennonite Church USA and staff for the Peace and Justice Support Network. I received my doctorate with a focus on Anabaptist preaching from Lancaster Theological Seminary (See dissertation below)). I currently live in Portland, Oregon. I just completed an interim pastorate of Zion Mennonite Church, Hubbard, Oregon. My sermons at Zion can be heard at: http://zion.or.us.mennonite.net/Home/WorshipServices. I am retired and spend most of my time now doing artwork and playing in a local band, Blues Battalion.
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