December 17, 2025

Wednesday Word . . . Worship

For all the Advent talk about slowing down, focusing, and breathing in an effort to appreciate the season of Advent, as well as bringing more meaning to the season of Christmas, we (I?) sure have a hard time making that happen.  Between shopping for Christmas gifts, decorating the house, planning or attending parties, writing Christmas cards, and mailing said presents and cards so they arrive “in time,” we can often forget what Advent is calling us to do.

With all of these activities and expectations, it’s easy for us to get caught up in the busy-ness or the doing of what seems to be expected.  We need to find time, especially during this season, to make space for simply being.

This is but one reason why our Sunday worship is vital to our health.  Our worship can be a calming presence in life.  It can be a place where we come to reset the rhythms of our life.  It can be a place where we find both solace and strength.  It is a place where we receive both pardon and renewal.  It is a place where we can slow down, breathe, and simply BE in the holy presence of God.

No matter how busy this season of slowing down seems to be, I invite you to make the necessary and intentional time to come worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.  And while you are in the holy presence of God, allow the Holy Spirit to reset the rhythm of your life and help redefine what is important.

Blessings,