Waiting in Hope. Daily Advent Reflection. Chris Smith. Acts 2:37-42. Monday, December 5, 2011 Come fall on us, we fall on you A thankful heart will be our rhythm Come fall on us, we fall on you A thankful heart will be our song. A thankful heart Prepares the way for you my God – “Come Fall on Us” Enter the Worship Circle, Vol. 1. [Sorry, can’t find any legitimate sites to stream this song] These daily Slow Church Advent... Read more
We’re taking today off from the daily Advent reflections series, but will resume tomorrow. Listed below are the reflections posted this past week, in case you might have missed any. You can keep up with this daily Advent series, by following SlowChurch.com on FACEBOOK or TWITTER. Monday 11/28: Fear Not! (Chris Smith) Tuesday 11/29: The Immense Joy of Christ’s Victory (Chris Smith) Wednesday 11/30: Incarnating Christ in our Places (Chris Smith) Thursday 12/1: The Whoring Bride of Christ (Chris Smith)... Read more
A key part of Slow Church is the recovery of what has been lost in the Christian faith through the reductions and shortcuts of modernity. Scot McKnight does just this in his newest book with regard to the Gospel and evangelism. This review originally appeared in The Englewood Review of Books… “Recovering What Has Been Lost in the Industrialization of Christianity” A review of The King Jesus Gospel: The Original Good News Revisited by Scot McKnight. Review by Chris Smith.... Read more
You Will Be My People. Daily Advent Reflection. Kimberly Roth. Ezekiel 36:24-28 Saturday, December 3, 2011 I want you to be my love I want you to be my love ‘Neath the moon and the stars above I want you to be my love – Over the Rhine Listen: [ YouTube ] [ Spotify ] These daily Slow Church Advent Reflections are based on the Daily Readings of the Revised Common Lectionary (Year B). We love for you to read... Read more
A Season Wrought With Tension. Daily Advent Reflection. Kyle Mobley. Psalm 85 Friday December 2, 2011 O come, O come, Emmanuel And ransom captive Israel That mourns in lonely exile here Until the Son of God appears Rejoice! Rejoice! Rejoice! Rejoice! Rejoice! Rejoice! O Come O Come Emmanuel by Sufjan Stevens These daily Slow Church Advent Reflections are based on the Daily Readings of the Revised Common Lectionary (Year B). We love for you to read and reflect along... Read more
The Whoring Bride of Christ. Daily Advent Reflection. Chris Smith. Hosea 6:1-6 Thursday December 1, 2011 We ride our bikes around the circle in the cemetery, Weaving. I wave up to You on the Cross. Am I to come upon You suddenly Like this forever? Happy, relieved that You are here and I can see You, I can feel You? — You are like the ticket-half I find inside the pocket of my old leaf-raking coat. There all the time,... Read more
Incarnating Christ in Our Places. Daily Advent Reflection. Chris Smith. Micah 5:1-5a Wednesday November 30, 2011 Because we have not made our lives to fit Our places, the forests are ruined, the fields eroded, The streams polluted, the mountains overturned. Hope Then to belong to your place by your own knowledge Of what it is that no other place is, and by Your caring for it as you care for no other place, this Place that you belong to though... Read more
The Immense Joy of Christ’s Victory Slow Church Daily Advent Reflection. Chris Smith. Revelation 18 Tuesday November 29, 2011 Joy to the world! The Lord is come Let earth receive her King! Let every heart prepare him room And heaven and nature sing Joy to the earth! The Saviour reigns Let men their songs employ While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains Repeat the sounding joy Joy To The World by Sufjan Stevens These daily Slow Church Advent Reflections... Read more
Fear Not! Slow Church Daily Advent Reflection. Chris Smith. Micah 4:1-5 Monday November 28, 2011 What are you running from, my love? What’s this thing you’re guilty of? Follow me and never feel accused But you never do believe a word I say And you never did believe there’d be day of reckoning So you run and you run and you run and you never stop And you work and you work until you drop You’re in over your head... Read more
“Get Ready, A Baby is Coming” A Reflection for the First Sunday of Advent By Ragan Sutterfield A couple of weeks ago it was a full moon and so, though I knew better than to believe the idea, I watched my wife Emily for signs of impending labor. The same thing happens when it rains, after a walk, or after a particularly hearty meal of spicy food. We are in those final days, the waiting, watching days when the old... Read more
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