Psalm 130:6 My soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning, more than those who watch for the morning. During the Christmas season, waiting is… Read more »
The Yearning
Posts Categorized: Advent
Of the Father’s Love Begotten
Psalm 89:1-4 O Lord God Almighty, who is like you? You are mighty O Lord, and your faithfulness surrounds you. Psalm 89:8 (NIV) At the time for the worship service… Read more »
Angels from the Realms of Glory
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
Matthew 3:1-3, 11 Don and I recently spent a few days hiking in the Wichita Mountains of Oklahoma. I’ve never visited the wilderness of Judea, but I suspect the Wichitas… Read more »
Creator of the Stars of Night
John 1:5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it. (NRSV) Christmas is our annual reminder that God lights the way in the darkness. Mankind… Read more »
O Come, O Come Emanuel
John 1:1-2 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. (NRSV) It’s the first… Read more »
Psalm 96
1 O sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth. 2 Sing to the Lord, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to day. 3 Declare his glory… Read more »
Isaiah 9:2-7
2 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness—on them light has shined. 3 You have multiplied exultation; you have increased… Read more »
Luke 2: 1-14
In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was… Read more »
Matthew 1:18-25
“…for the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.” During a children’s sermon, an Elder was asked by a five-year-old sitting on the chancel steps, “Miss Susie,… Read more »