Reader 1: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Reader 2: He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him... Read More »
O Source of all good,
What shall I render to you for the gift of gifts,
your own dear Son, begotten, not created,
my redeemer, proxy, surety, substitute,
his self-emptying... Read More »
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel . . . (which means, God with us).
~Isaiah 7:14,... Read More »
A highway shall be there,
and it shall be called the Way of Holiness;
the unclean shall not pass over it.
It shall belong to those who walk on the way;
even if they are... Read More »
There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse,
and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.
And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him,
the Spirit of wisdom and... Read More »
When Christmas displays go up before Halloween displays come down, I long for the days when people didn’t think about Christmas until after Thanksgiving. However, there may be a... Read More »
In contrast to many of the resounding carols proclaiming the Savior’s birth, “Lo, How A Rose E’er Blooming” is a gentle song. Its words and music capture the... Read More »
Pastor: And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
for from you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.
Congregation:... Read More »
With Thanksgiving behind us, Christmas is surely lurking on the horizon, making this an appropriate time to calibrate our thinking about this, the “most wonderful time of the... Read More »
Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing,... Read More »