Welcome to Scattered Together: Advent! We will be posting short weekly episodes in which host Nate Owens shares a devotional thought on an Advent passage. We encourage you to use this week's Advent passages in your devotional time this week:

Isaiah 64:1-9 Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 Mark 13:24-37

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