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Luke 1: 26 – 38 & Isaiah 43: 1 – 7 December 1, 2024 Rev. Dr. Laura Norvell I have felt the pace picking up for weeks now – Christmas music in the nail salon, Christmas decorations in stores the moment Halloween clearance sales ended. Just as the time changes and our evening commutes grow darker, somebody flips the switch on Christmas, it seems. But what I need this time of year is “Advent” - a season of waiting for what God is doing. I need “Advent” as a season of anticipating and expecting the birth of hope in a sometimes hopeless world. I need “Advent” to help fully understand the big-ness of God’s dwelling among us, fully human and fully divine. Throughout Advent (which is church-speak for the season of four weeks prior to Christmas eve) and Christmas this year (and by Christmas, again in church-speak, I mean the 12 days that end on Epiphany, January 6), we are going to focus on some basic life truths. We need these truths to get us through seasons of uncerta...