Preface

Wisconsin United Methodist Federation for Social Action invites you to include these devotionals in your Advent 2000 spiritual preparation. It is fitting as we prepare to celebrate the two thousandth anniversary of the coming of the Child, the one we call Jesus, that we reflect on how the witness and ministry of the Christ continues to daily call us to an actively engaged faith. The Incarnation is manifested as we allow the Spirit of the Lord to come upon us, and others experience the Good News through us. May these daily meditations help prepare you to be a proclamation so that those you touch with your life may indeed know that the Lord's favor is present at the dawn of the third millennium.

The writers for these meditations on Luke 4: 16-30 are all members of the Wisconsin Annual Conference: Sandra Foley Gaylord, Waukesha (Week I); Amy DeLong, Grantsburg (Week II); Dale Hanaman, Wautoma (Week III); Jodi Arpke-Lone, Batavia (Week IV); and Steve Zekoff, Lake Mills (Christmas Eve/Day).

A special thank you goes to Wesley White, La Crosse, Chapter President of the WUMFSA. Wesley's support and encouragement from the birthing of this project to its publication made it possible to turn an idea into reality. They are a direct outgrowth of the series of conversations on expansive Christianity that UMFSA sponsored, and Wesley so ably and dedicatedly facilitated, early in the Year 2000.

Steve Zekoff
Editor

All contents copyright 2000 by the Wisconsin Chapter of the United Methodist Federation for Social Action. Permission is granted to United Methodist congregations, individuals and groups to reproduce and distribute this devotional without charge. All other use requires the advance permission of the editor. This devotional may be downloaded from the Wisconsin UMFSA web site: www.wisconsinumc.org/mfsa

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