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Dec 2023
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Teaching | Joy | Advent E01

Practicing the Way
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Are you happy? Many of us aren't. Yet Martin Luther once said "a Christian should be happy." And Rick Howe argued that "the pursuit of joy is a moral obligation." In a world filled with sorrow and grief, John Mark shows us how the coming of Jesus gives us a path to pursue joy and how we can hold it in tandem with the pain of our lives.


Key Scripture Passages: Luke 2v1-20


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