December 2019 In Review

DECEMBER 2019  |  IN REVIEW
READ  |  WRITE  |  DISCUSS  |  PRAY  |  SERVE  |  REFLECT

Even in Cambridge

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Read

Locking Up Our Own

What does the legalization of marijuana have to do with mass incarceration?  And why did my own town of Cambridge review racial injustices while creating legislation to decriminalize marijuana possession?  Put your thinking cap on for this one, and let Pulitzer Prize-winning author James Forman Jr. teach you.

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Write

Creating Confidence

Why do women struggle with confidence more than men?  And how can women become more confident? Kay and Shipman’s meandering research offers quite a few nuggets of wisdom and taught me a lot about the mindset I need to reach my goals.

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Discuss

Holiday Party & Book Swap 2019

This month, we gathered to share holiday cheer as well as enjoyable titles from our shelves.  Review our choices, and look ahead with us as we read into 2020.

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Pray

Advent, the Gospel, and a Completely Different Spirituality

For Advent, we continued our family tradition of lighting candles at dinner.  We talked about the names for Jesus, including the Light of the World, and what it might have been like for people waiting in the darkness that first Christmas.  This prompted me to pick up Tim Keller’s book and look at a famous parable in a whole new way.

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Serve

How will you serve in the new church?

When our pastors asked us to pray about our role in our new church buildings, I reflected on a ministry I was a part of in the past and compared it to the work God is doing through the relationships in my life now.

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Reflect

Reflect

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Looking forward to reading & discussing with you!

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