{"id":8479,"date":"2020-12-14T09:15:26","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T14:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp\/?p=8479"},"modified":"2020-12-14T09:15:34","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T14:15:34","slug":"what-is-joy-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/?p=8479","title":{"rendered":"What Is Joy For You?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/chirstmas-lights-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"What Is Joy For You?\" class=\"wp-image-8480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/chirstmas-lights-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/chirstmas-lights-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/chirstmas-lights-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/chirstmas-lights-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/chirstmas-lights-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/chirstmas-lights.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The third week in Advent is Gaudete Sunday \u2013 \u201cJoy\u201d Sunday. The candle on the Advent wreath is pink. If pastors have pink stoles and churches have pink paraments they bring them out. In the midst of a season which historically is more quiet and contemplative, the third week changes it up and shouts \u201cJoy!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What is joy for you? In the midst of a difficult year, what does joy look like?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last evening my sister and I took a drive to Wilmington, MA to see the award-winning Christmas lights. (They\u2019re award-winning because the Fiore family won the 2020 \u201cGreat Christmas Light Fight\u201d on ABC.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The house is on Concord Street \u2013 you can\u2019t miss it because if it\u2019s after dark you\u2019ll be stuck in traffic and everyone ahead of you will be going to the same place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the cars slowly head up the long driveway, there are lit up Santas and reindeer, nativity scenes, trees, snowmen, carolers, and the like. At the top of the driveway there is a left-hand turn \u2013 and \u201cBehold!\u201d &nbsp;there before you is the most spectacular display of lights I\u2019ve ever seen!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For me, Christmas lights lift my spirits in the midst of darkness. They make the evening walks with the dog more delightful (see what I did there?). But just as joyful is the fact that others are enjoying the same thing \u2013 the long lines of cars, the faces smiling in the windows, the understanding that each of us has experienced some joy this night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year we don\u2019t have as many in-person opportunities to see the joy in each other. I hope that you discover some creative ways to experience such joy \u2013 even if it means you\u2019re stuck in traffic for an hour \ud83d\ude0a.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Christ,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pastor Jen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The third week in Advent is Gaudete Sunday \u2013 \u201cJoy\u201d Sunday. The candle on the Advent wreath is pink. If pastors have pink stoles and churches have pink paraments they bring them out. 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