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First Week of Advent: Hope

18 min • 29 november 2023

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Are you having trouble feeling "the reason for the season"? In the next four weeks, Laura is going to walk you through the season of Advent and help you see why this might be the case. In today's episode, she is going to talk about hope, why it is hard for us to have hope, and walk you through a few ways to develop more hope during a hard season. You can subscribe today on AccessMore or wherever you listen to podcasts so you never miss an episode.

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