Christmas Words 12: Immanuel
One of the richest Advent texts is this one:All of this happened to fulfill the Lord's message through his prophet:"Look! The virgin will conceive a child!She will give birth to a son,and he will be...
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Nearly every piece of Christmas art work I have scence has a bright, shiny star, the Star of Bethlehem, the star that guided the Magi from the East to Jesus, he was born to be King of the Jews. What do...
View ArticleChristmas Words 14: Herod
You can't have a good story with a protagonist as highly exalted as Jesus, not the least in his birth story, without having a solid antagonist -- and we've got one: Herod the Great who populates...
View ArticleChristmas Words 15: Magi
"We three kings of orient are" is another Christmas song that combines a rich legend (like names: Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar) about the magi and some nice theology. Here it is. We three kings of...
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Fourth Advent Candle
Prayer for God's HelpDear God, thank you for this season of Advent that helps us to prepare for the coming of Christ at Christmas. As we read the Bible and light a candle, may excitement for Christ's...
View ArticleChristmas Words 16: Gifts
"On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of...
View ArticleChristmas Words 17: Promise
A Magnificat kind of Christmas knows that Mary experienced profound release the moment she realized her son would be Messiah. Her release found its way into a marvelous song that extolled the...
View ArticleChristmas Words 18: Poor
A Magnificat kind of Christmas, which understands Christmas as about God's acts to redeem through the incarnation, is also about the poor. Here are the words of the Magnificat, and I'd like you to...
View ArticleChristmas Words 19: God
The first Christmas was a Magnificat kind of Christmas. It wasn't a Dickens kind of Christmas, and it wasn't a Midwestern kind of Christmas, and it wasn't a Tennessee kind of Christmas. It was a Mary...
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Christmas Day
We Celebrate the Birth of ChristIn the season of Advent we have used the Advent wreath and its candles to help us get ready for this great celebration of the birth of Christ.When we lit the first...
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