Advent Week 3: Joy - Monday
Zephaniah 3:14-20 Zephaniah is an Old Testament prophet. He lived during the reigns of kings who abused power and cared little for...
Advent Week 2: Peace - Friday
Do not ask who the mesenger is, it is you. - Joseph T. Nolan The message of Christ's coming, of Christ's peace, is ours to share. How...
Advent Week 2: Peace - Thursday
Luke 3:1-6 Here John the Baptist quotes the prophet Isaiah with the classic preparations for the coming Messiah. The proper way is to...
Advent Week 2: Peace - Wednesday
Philipians 1:3-11 If Malachi shouts from the mountain top that God is a refiner's fire, here Paul whispers from the prison cell that...
Advent Week 2: Peace - Tuesday
Luke 1:68-79 Zechariah and Elizabeth desparately wanted a child and month after month were disappointed. The Lord promised them a child,...
Advent Week 2: Peace - Monday
Malachi 3:1-4 Malachi offers a great Advent question: "Who can endure the day of his coming?". In fact, the other texts for this week...
Advent Week 1: Hope - Friday
The Spirit is Breathing Dom Helder Camara The spirit is breathing. All those with eyes to see, women and men with ears for hearing detect...
Advent Week 1: Hope - Thursday
Luke 21:25-36 Just as the buds on the fig tree offer hope in later winter that summer is coming again, so God's word in Jesus promises us...
Advent Week 1: Hope - Wednesday
1 Thessalonians 3:9-13 On Sunday we lit the "candle of hope" in the Advent wreath. Believers in Paul's time expected Jesus to return...
Advent Week 1: Hope - Tuesday
Psalm 25:1-10 The psalmist identifies two pillars of support: God's steadfast love and getting right with God (repentance and...