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Epiphany of our Lord: Jan 6th
Because we will be celebrating the Baptism of Our Lord this coming Sunday, I wanted to post a short story and reflection to celebrate the Feast Day that officially marks the end of the Christmas season, The Epiphany of our Lord. This is the day when we read the story…
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Advent Devotion: Friday Dec, 22
Luke 2:12 “This will be a sign for you: you will find a child wrapped in bands of cloth and lying in a manger.” My creche at home has a historical inaccuracy, and it sits right in the middle. The manger, the very thing that contained God incarnate is not…
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Advent Devotion: Thursday Dec, 21
Matthew 27:50-51 Then Jesus cried again with a loud voice and breathed his last. At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook, and the rocks were split. If we are to believe the song Silent Night, then Jesus’ life…
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Advent Devotion: Wednesday Dec, 20
John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth. The incarnation of God is a miracle. During my final year of seminary, I sat in a room with two…
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Advent Devotion: Tuesday Dec, 19
Psalm 80:3 Restore us, O God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be saved. This verse from Psalm 8 is a refrain. Throughout the Psalm it is a repeated petition. It is the chorus to a song amid the many verses. It is a constant plea by…
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Advent Devotion: Monday Dec, 18
Luke 7:33-35 “For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon’; the Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners! Nevertheless, wisdom is…
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Advent Devotion: Friday Dec, 15
Acts 28:23b From morning until evening [Paul] explained the matter to them, testifying to the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus both from the law of Moses and from the prophets. We tend to think that the Christmas story begins with the angel Gabriel traveling to…
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Advent Devotion: Thursday Dec, 14
Luke 1:76 “And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways” My favorite Christmas tradition is setting up our family creche, a miniature reproduction of the famous stable and manger scene. The nativity set that we…
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Advent Devotion: Wednesday Dec, 13
Jeremiah 31:3 I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you. Words made flesh Every year I find myself watching the Christmas movie, It’s a Wonderful Life. Yes it’s sweet. Yes it’s sentimental. And I love it. The scene I want to call…
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Advent Devotion: Tuesday Dec, 12
Micah 4:8-9 And you, O tower of the flock, hill of daughter Zion, to you it shall come, the former dominion shall come, the sovereignty of daughter Jerusalem. Now why do you cry aloud? Is there no king in you? The newborn king In ancient days the people of Israel…
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