Advent. Slow down. Take time. Open up.

Posted December 5, 2009

This video is inspiring. I encourage you to take a few minutes to watch this before heading out to the mall or on errands. Maybe you’ll cancel that trip and stay home for some quiet time.

If the background music gives you grief, tough.

Worship FULLY « The EGR Conspiracy on December 5th, 2009

[...] 5 12 2009 Amidst the hustle and bustle (oh how I love this new blog post from Rev. Scott Gunn) we are called in this season of Advent to do something completely upside down: S L [...]
Ron Fox, BSG on December 7th, 2009

Very nice. And it certainly looks like it was filmed in Chicago.

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