Advent Devotional 2024
December 25 Merry Christmas! Hear the Good News: God is with us! God has entered into our world, and has promised never to abandon us. God has been born among us, has entered into the world God created, as become a member of the human family. It is a... 
Advent Devotional 2024
December 24 I love Christmas Eve. It’s one of my favorite days of the year. I particularly love the Christmas carols that we get to sing today – these songs are full of rich and powerful words about who Jesus is. In particular, two songs always... 
Advent Devotional 2024
December 23 Tomorrow in worship (on Christmas Eve) we will read the Christmas story, as told in Luke 2:1-20. This is the classic telling of the birth of Jesus – the one that Linus reads in “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” This is where we hear about... 
Advent Devotional 2024
December 22 Today in worship we are reading from Matthew 1:18-25 – the story of Jesus’s birth as told in the Gospel of Matthew. The Gospels of Matthew and Luke approach the story of the birth of Jesus (and his parents finding out about his surprising birth) from... 
Advent Devotional 2024
December 21 Christmas is a celebration of light. According to Scripture, Jesus is the Light of the World. And, yet, we celebrate his birth during the darkest season of the year – when nights are long and daylight feels fleeting. (This time of year I often find myself... 
Advent Devotional 2024
December 20 Here’s an reflection Pastor Brian shared a few years ago about the classic Christmas song “O Holy Night.” This song is a reminder that the birth of Jesus challenges every injustice and offers hope to all who suffer. “O Holy Night” is a... 