12/04/2016
Joshua 2:4-21
Chris Breslin
“The paradox of hospitality is that it wants to create emptiness, not a fearful emptiness, but a friendly emptiness where strangers can enter and discover themselves as created free.” –Henri Nouwen
Scripture
“You Are Safe With Us”: How Ordinary Iraqis Rescued US Civilians in the Midst of War (Yes! Magazine)
This Sunday’s Songs
Come Light Our Hearts by McCracken
Hark the Herald Angels Sing by Wesley/Mendelssohn
Oak Kids Christmas Pageant
O Little Town of Bethlehem by Brooks/Redner
Once in Royal David’s City by Alexander/Gauntlett
Away in a Manger by Redner/Murray
While Shepherds Watched by Tate/Kirbye
We Three Kings by Hopkins
Go Tell it on the Mountain by Work
Love Came Down at Christmas by Rossetti/Colvin
O Come All Ye Faithful by Wade
Further reading on Women in the Bible
The Gospel of Ruth: Loving God Enough to Break the Rules by Carolyn Custis James
Lost Women of the Bible: The Women We Thought We Knew by Carolyn Custis James
The IVP Women’s Bible Commentary ed. Kroeger & Evans
Whispering the Word: Hearing Women’s Stories in the Old Testament by Jacqueline Lapsley
Further Reading for Advent
Light Upon Light: A Literary Guide to Prayer for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany edited by Sarah Arthur
Cardiphonia Resources for Advent compiled by Bruce Benedict
God is in the Manger by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Oak Church Advent Resources compiled by Chris Breslin
Living the Christian Year: Time to Inhabit the Story of God by Bobby Gross
Mary Had a Baby: An Advent Bible Study Based on African American Spirituals by Cheryl Kirk-Duggan & Marilyn Thornton
Song of the Stars: A Christmas Story by Sally Lloyd-Jones
Silence and Other Surprising Invitations of Advent by Enuma Okoro
Unwrapping the Greatest Gift: A Family Celebration of Christmas by Ann Voskamp
Advent Calendar (poem) by Rowan Williams
God With Us edited by Gregory Wolfe
