#AdventWord #among ‘In faith we know that God has already come AMONG us. This is no speculation. That God is AMONG us is Gospel truth. The shadow of the Cross falls even on Bethlehem’s cradle. This is the care of God—in the first Advent and for the last Advent.’ Visit to the Taiwan Episcopal Church 台灣聖公會 of Bishop John A. Pinckney from Taiwan’s Companion Diocese, the Episcopal Diocese of Upper S. Carolina (EDUSC), October 1965. Continue reading Advent Word 2017, Day 14 ‘among’

#AdventWord #trust ‘Wherever and whenever I seek God, I find God. Eating, drinking, loving, writing, working, reading, praying, playing: God is Immanuel. When God seems far away, guess who moved? TRUST this Advent in the God who is our changeless shield.’ Visit to the Taiwan Episcopal Church 台灣聖公會 of Bishop John A. Pinckney from Taiwan’s Companion Diocese, the Episcopal Diocese of Upper S. Carolina (EDUSC), October 1965. Continue reading Advent Word 2017, Day 13 ‘trust’

#AdventWord #messenger ‘God is the MESSENGER. Ask God’s world to speak. Let the MESSENGER be the voiceless one on the margins. In the quiet hear the One who will be with the dead when they rise from the grave.’ Visit to the Taiwan Episcopal Church 台灣聖公會 of Bishop John A. Pinckney from Taiwan’s Companion Diocese, the Episcopal Diocese of Upper S. Carolina (EDUSC), October 1965. This photo was taken of Bishop Pinckney (centre) with 2 of his group outside St. Michael’s House, Tainan (note the angel!), then a student hostel, run by Rev. Patric Hutton (left). On the right is … Continue reading Advent Word 2017, Day 9 ‘messenger’