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Okay, so it\u2019s becoming obvious to me that the last Advent reflection isn\u2019t going to happen today<\/em>.\u00a0 We\u2019re on vacation and too much other good stuff going on\u2026 The lectionary text for today is James 1 and has some important to say about Slow Church and the birth of Jesus, so I\u2019ll probably write today\u2019s reflection up next week\u2026 (How\u2019s that for Slow?\u00a0 \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

I will be posting highlights from the Advent series on to our Twitter<\/a> and Facebook<\/a> pages today, so be sure to check those out\u2026<\/p>\n

Merry Christmas to you and yours!!!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"