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<P align=left><B><A href="http://www.textweek.com/yearc/adventc2.htm"><FONT
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<P align=left><B><FONT size=4>December 6, 2009:<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT
size=4>Advent 2C</FONT></B></P>
<P align=left><B><FONT size=4>____</FONT></B></P>
<P><B><FONT size=4>Link of the Week:</FONT></B></P><SIZE="2" size="2"
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<P><B><FONT size=4>"Make Ready"</FONT></B><FONT size=4> <BR>Commentary by Kate
Huey, <BR>Advent 2C, 2009, at SAMUEL, UCC: <BR>lectionary citations, sermon
seeds weekly theme, <BR>lectionary texts, commentary and bulletin back
page.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=4>"'Warning,' of course, strikes fear <BR>even in our hearts two
thousand years later, <BR>especially when it concerns things like the judgment
of God <BR>and the catastrophe that [Albert] Nolan claims <BR>that both John and
Jesus saw coming. <BR>'Promise,' on the other hand, sounds much better to our
ears and hearts, <BR>especially as Christmas approaches, <BR>but our hearing of
the gospel is only partial <BR>if we neglect one and focus only on the
other."</FONT></P>
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