This Advent season, the Lawrence County Youth Network is teaming together to bring you weekly videos, discussion questions, and an overview podcast. Each week we will be reflecting on one of the main themes of Advent: Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love.

What do you think of when you think about Peace? Is it a cozy winter day reading a book and drinking hot chocolate under your sherpa-lined blanket? Is it binging Netflix with no other responsibilities to worry about? Is it your parents finally getting along, or at least pretending to? Is it the end to a military conflict overseas?

I would think for most of us, Peace means a sense that all is right in the world – or at least in our world. Let’s think about Peace as we begin. This first video is one of my favorite Christmas songs by Peter Hollens, called “December Song.”

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Peace that Surpasses Understanding

In this week’s teaching video, Gabe Garcia from Mt. Pleasant Christian Church brings us a message about Peace. Check it out, and then spend some time working through the discussion questions below.

Continue reading → Advent: Perfect Peace

This first week of Advent we focused on the idea of HOPE. When we talk about hope in relation to faith in Christ and as it is used in Scripture, it’s more than tossing coin in the proverbial wishing well. Hope is something we are sure is going to happen, but it can only happen if and when God moves. Sometimes the word for hope is translated as waiting. Those who hope in (or wait upon) the Lord shall renew their strength, says Isaiah.

If you haven’t yet, be sure to check out my previous post with all the teaching materials and videos on Hope as presented by the Lawrence County Youth Network. But right now I want to take a little time and answer these discussion questions for myself. If you’re feeling up to it, let me know how you would answer these questions by leaving a comment below.

Continue reading → HOPE: Divine Expectation