Rejoice and Love

This message, given for the final week of Advent, reviews the previous advent themes of hope, peace, and joy but then draws a connection between these gifts and our capacity to love.   Joy has a way of liberating us, and what greater cause for rejoicing than the good news of the God who comes to set right our lives and world.  What greater cause for Joy than the good news of the peace-making God who even now draws near.  In trusting in this good news, we claim the joy of God and are set free to love as never before, to love others as God has loved us.