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Light in the Darkness | December 23-24, 2023Bob Schwahn | Lead Pastor Isaiah 9:2 (NIV)The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned. John 8:12 (NIV)“I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” John 1:9-11 (NIV)The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Isaiah 9:6 (NIV)For to us a child is born, to us a son is given Isaiah 53:5 (NIV)But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities;the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. Hark! The herald-angels sing "Glory to the newborn king;Peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled”— Hark the Herald Angels Sing by Charles Wesley John 1:12-13 (NIV)Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God. Next Steps: Complete the Connect Card to receive more information, have us pray for you, or to ask us any question: http://journeybozeman.com/connectcard Want to worship through giving and support the ministry of Journey Church: https://journeybozeman.com/giveDownload our app: https://journeybozeman.com/app Join our Facebook Group to stay connected throughout the week: https://facebook.com/groups/JourneyChurchBozemanGet your children connected to our children's ministry, Base Camp: https://journeybozeman.com/childrenOur Student Ministry is for High School and Middle School students: https://journeybozeman.com/studentsSubscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JourneyChurchBozemanNotes Page: https://journeybozeman.com/sermons/notes/2023.12.24.pdf

"Darkness is part of the journey – God is with you.” - Pastor Lorne Hlad In this week's sermon, Pastor Alex reminds us that we are called to follow God's light in the darkness and to help point towards it when others cannot yet see.

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Dr. Brian Tyson, co-author of Overcoming the Covid Darkness: How Two Doctors Successfully Treated 7,000 Patients, and discusses the Twitter drop this weekend, the suppression of information and the Fauci corruption.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Just as God separated light from darkness on the first day of creation, so too there are two paths: one of light and one of darkness. These two paths lead to different places. The way of light leads to life, the way of darkness leads to death. In Proverbs 4:10-19 Solomon exhorts his son to stay on the path of life.

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Message from Pastor Erin Clausen on December 22, 2021

Third Sunday of Advent The Collect: Stir up your power, O Lord, and with great might come among us; and, because we are sorely hindered by our sins, let your bountiful grace and mercy speedily help and deliver us; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory, now and for ever. Amen. Old Testament: Zephaniah 3:14-20 14Sing aloud, O daughter Zion; shout, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter Jerusalem! 15The Lord has taken away the judgments against you, he has turned away your enemies. The king of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst; you shall fear disaster no more. 16On that day it shall be said to Jerusalem: Do not fear, O Zion; do not let your hands grow weak. 17The Lord, your God, is in your midst, a warrior who gives victory; he will rejoice over you with gladness, he will renew you in his love; he will exult over you with loud singing 18as on a day of festival. I will remove disaster from you, so that you will not bear reproach for it.19I will deal with all your oppressors at that time. And I will save the lame and gather the outcast, and I will change their shame into praise and renown in all the earth. 20At that time I will bring you home, at the time when I gather you; for I will make you renowned and praised among all the peoples of the earth, when I restore your fortunes before your eyes, says the Lord. Psalm: Canticle 9 — The First Song of Isaiah (Isaiah 12:2-6) Surely, it is God who saves me; *      I will trust in him and not be afraid. For the Lord is my stronghold and my sure defense, *     and he will be my Savior. Therefore you shall draw water with rejoicing *     from the springs of salvation. And on that day you shall say, *     Give thanks to the Lord and call upon his Name; Make his deeds known among the peoples; *     see that they remember that his Name is exalted. Sing the praises of the Lord, for he has done great things, *     and this is known in all the world. Cry aloud, inhabitants of Zion, ring out your joy, *     for the great one in the midst of you is the Holy One of Israel. Epistle: Philippians 4:4-7 4Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. 5Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. 6Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Gospel: Luke 3:7-18 7John said to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8Bear fruits worthy of repentance. Do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our ancestor'; for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham. 9Even now the ax is lying at the root of the trees; every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.” 10And the crowds asked him, “What then should we do?” 11In reply he said to them, “Whoever has two coats must share with anyone who has none; and whoever has food must do likewise.” 12Even tax collectors came to be baptized, and they asked him, “Teacher, what should we do?” 13He said to them, “Collect no more than the amount prescribed for you.” 14Soldiers also asked him, “And we, what should we do?” He said to them, “Do not extort money from anyone by threats or false accusation, and be satisfied with your wages.” 15As the people were filled with expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Messiah, 16John answered all of them by saying, “I baptize you with water; but one who is more powerful than I is coming; I am not worthy to untie the thong of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 17His winnowing fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his granary; but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.” 18So, with many other exhortations, he proclaimed the good news to the people.

Some Things Never Change - Week 3 - The Darkest Darkness - December 20, 2020

Fourth Sunday of Advent Sunday, December 20, 2020 Year (cycle): B   The Collect:  Purify our conscience, Almighty God, by your daily visitation, that your Son Jesus Christ, at his coming, may find in us a mansion prepared for himself; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. Old Testament:  2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16 1Now when the king was settled in his house, and the Lord had given him rest from all his enemies around him, 2the king said to the prophet Nathan, “See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God stays in a tent.” 3Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that you have in mind; for the Lord is with you.” 4But that same night the word of the Lord came to Nathan: 5Go and tell my servant David: Thus says the Lord: Are you the one to build me a house to live in? 6I have not lived in a house since the day I brought up the people of Israel from Egypt to this day, but I have been moving about in a tent and a tabernacle. 7Wherever I have moved about among all the people of Israel, did I ever speak a word with any of the tribal leaders of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, saying, “Why have you not built me a house of cedar?” 8Now therefore thus you shall say to my servant David: Thus says the Lord of hosts: I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep to be prince over my people Israel;9and I have been with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make for you a great name, like the name of the great ones of the earth. 10And I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them, so that they may live in their own place, and be disturbed no more; and evildoers shall afflict them no more, as formerly, 11from the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel; and I will give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover the Lord declares to you that the Lord will make you a house. 16Your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me; your throne shall be established forever. Psalm:  Canticle 3 or Canticle 15 or Psalm 89:1-4, 19-26 My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God my Savior; *         for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant. From this day all generations will call me blessed: *        the Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is his Name. He has mercy on those who fear him *        in every generation. He has shown the strength of his arm, *        he has scattered the proud in their conceit. He has cast down the mighty from their thrones, *        and has lifted up the lowly. He has filled the hungry with good things, *        and the rich he has sent away empty. He has come to the help of his servant Israel, *        for he has remembered his promise of mercy, The promise he made to our fathers, *        to Abraham and his children for ever. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: * as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen. or 1 Your love, O Lord, for ever will I sing; *        from age to age my mouth will proclaim your faithfulness. 2 For I am persuaded that your love is established for ever; *        you have set your faithfulness firmly in the heavens. 3 "I have made a covenant with my chosen one; *        I have sworn an oath to David my servant: 4 'I will establish your line for ever, *        and preserve your throne for all generations.'" 19 You spoke once in a vision and said to your faithful people: *       "I have set the crown upon a warrior        and have exalted one chosen out of the people. 20 I have found David my servant; *        with my holy oil have I anointed him. 21 My hand will hold him fast *        and my arm will make him strong. 22 No enemy shall deceive him, *        nor any wicked man bring him down. 23 I will crush his foes before him *        and strike down those who hate him. 24 My faithfulness and love shall be with him, *        and he shall be victorious through my Name. 25 I shall make his dominion extend *        from the Great Sea to the River. 26 He will say to me, 'You are my Father, *        my God, and the rock of my salvation.' Epistle:  Romans 16: 25-27 25Now to God who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages 26but is now disclosed, and through the prophetic writings is made known to all the Gentiles, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith— 27to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever! Amen. Gospel:  Luke 1:26-38 26In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, 27to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary. 28And he came to her and said, “Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you.”29But she was much perplexed by his words and pondered what sort of greeting this might be. 30The angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. 31And now, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you will name him Jesus. 32He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his ancestor David. 33He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.” 34Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I am a virgin?” 35The angel said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called Son of God. 36And now, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son; and this is the sixth month for her who was said to be barren. 37For nothing will be impossible with God.” 38Then Mary said, “Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her.

Luke 1,2 - Light is an important theme in the Christmas story. The light that surrounded the angels, or the star that led the wise men were all part of the story. Jesus came as the Light of the world and saved us so that we could be light to the world. This season may you be a light in a very dark world so that people may see Christ in you. Live this week as Children of light.

Pastor Hoolahan brings us the message "Light vs. Darkness".

Based on Christmas Eve Message

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Meredith and Poppy discuss two stories from Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, "The Whitechapel Fiend" and "Nothing but Shadows."  News & Extras Shadowhunters did great at the Teen Choice Awards! Congrats to both the show & Matthew Daddario on their wins.   Constantin Film released a press announcement confirming the end of Shadowhunters with 3B and the two-hour series finale, and principle photography wrapped on the latter this week. This is a great month to pre-order yourself some gifts to yourself during the holiday season: the second Mortal Instruments graphic novel (October 30) and Queen of Air and Darkness (December 4). Find the recipe for a WALKING ON SUNSHINE on Patreon! This podcast has been brought to you in part by your support on Patreon! Leave us a 5-star review on iTunes & we'll read it on air!

Ys is a series of action RPGs developed by Nihon Falcom that follows the adventures of the red haired swordman, Adol Christin which began on the PC-88 8-bit computer in 1987 and consists of eight main titles, multiple ports, spin-off titles and remakes. game series that contains just enough intriguing story and fan devotion that it quite literally separates it amongst the bevy of role playing games from various companies over the years. So this is why THIS STAGE of the retro vim revival hour is dedicated to one of the greats the Y’s series. ===========Game – Composer – Title – Company======== 1.) Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished – Yuzo Koshiro & Mieko Ishikawa – “Feena, First Step Towards Wars & Palace of Destruction”- June 21, 1987 – Nihon Falcom – PC-8801, X1, PC-9801, FM-7, MSX2, Famicom, Sega Master System, MS-DOS, Apple IIGS & X68000 2.) Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished – The Final Chapter – Osamu Kasai, Masaaki Harada & Shinji Nakayama – “To Make the End of Battle, Ruins of Moondoira & Palace of Solomon” – June 24, 1988- Nihon Falcom – PC-8801, PC-9801, FM-7, X1, MSX2 & Famicom 3.) Ys III: Wanderers from Ys – Mieko Ishikawa & Masaaki Kawai – “The Boy’s Got Wings, Be Careful, Varestain Castle & The Strongest Foe” – July 28, 1989 -Nihon Falcom – PC-8801, PC-9801, MSX2, TurboGrafx-CD, SNES, Famicom, Sega Genesis, PlayStation 2 & X68000 4.) Ys IV: Mask of the Sun – Yoshiaki Kubodera, Masanori Hikichi, Miyoko Takaoka, Naoyuki Ito, Tomohiro Endo & Hiroo Tengenji – “The Dawn of Ys, Mask of the Sun, Crimson Wings & Theme of Adol” – November 19, 1993 – Tonkin House & Nihon Falcom/Tonkin House – PlayStation 2, Mobile & Super Famicom 5.) Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys – Atsushi Shirakawa, Naoki Kaneda, Takahiro Tsunashima & Masaru Nakajima – “Family of Darkness” – December 22, 1993 – Hudson Soft – TurboGrafx-16 CD (PC Engine CD) 6.) Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand – Mieko Ishikawa, Naoki Kaneda, Satoshi Arai, Atsushi Shirakawa & Masaru Nakajima – “Theme of Adol & Wilderness” – December 29, 1995 – Nihon Falcom – PS2 & Super Famicom 7.) Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim – Hayato Sonoda & Wataru Ishibashi – “Release of the Far West Ocean, Mighty Obstacle & Ernst” – September 27, 2003 – Nihon Falcom – Windows PC , PlayStation 2, Mobile & PSP 8.) Ys Seven – Hayato Sonoda, Takahiro Unisuga, Saki Momiyama & Masanori Osaki – “Innocent Primeval Breaker, Vacant Interference, Desert of Despair, Scias & Crossing Rage” – September 17, 2009 – Nihon Falcom – PSP & Windows PC 9.) Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana– Hayato Sonoda & Takahiro Unisuga – “Lacrimosa of Dana, Sunshine Coastline, A Footprint in the Wet Sand, Crimson Fighter & Deadly Temptation“ – July 21, 2016 – Nihon Falcom – PlayStation Vita, PS4, Windows PC & Nintendo Switch Edgar Velasco: @MoonSpiderHugs https://www.patreon.com/nostalgiaroadtrip

Rev. Alex HoltThe second theme of Advent in the Christian tradition is Hope. As we broadly explore the season of renewal how does hope become a powerful reminder of our future? Listen here

The Kingdom Response to Darkness December 27, 2015THE BIG IDEA: Darkness can never eliminate darkness; only light can do that.Matthew 12:1-8The foundational, guiding principle for our lives is that God desires MERCY more than virtually everything!Hosea 6:1-6As we live out MERCY, through the KNOWLEDGE OF GOD, His presence and power will be our experience.Matthew 12:9-14What does the desire to KILL reveal about the one with that desire?Ezekiel 18:23; Matthew 12:15-21Jesus navigates darkness with merciful LOVE and gentle QUIETNESS.Matthew 12:22-30A DIVIDED Kingdom cannot stand and our enemy is THE STRONG MAN.Matthew 12:33-37Our primary task is to watch and guard the GOODNESS of the TREE and it's FRUIT.

Broadcast of Caroline's Winter Solstice address, Making Light of Darknesswith music by Imani.As Empire goes down (ED = "Empire Disfunction") into the roiling Cauldron of Rebirth,the culture of collaborative ingenious reverent cahoots spirals up from the froth.Navigating instructions for the transition from 2008-2009, complete with how to hitch a ride on a spiral. The post The Visionary Activist Show – Making Light of Darkness – December 25, 2008 at 2:00pm appeared first on KPFA.