December 1, 2015
Posts Tagged: advent
December 11, 2012
Advent/Christmas service from Bethlehem and Washingon
December 29, 2011
Sharing hopes
December 12, 2011
Worship in Bethlehem – Saturday, December 17
December 24, 2010
Advent Devotion – December 24, 2010
Scripture – Luke 2:1–20 “And on earth peace, goodwill among people.” Luke 2:14 (NIV) As a child this phrase from Luke’s version of the Christmas story was one of my favorites. Each time I heard this ancient text read on…
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December 23, 2010
Advent Devotion – December 23, 2010
Scripture – Luke 1:57–66 “‘What then will this child become?’ For, indeed, the hand of the Lord was with him.” (Luke 1:66) Mary and her cousin Elizabeth had miraculous pregnancies. As first-time mothers, both were joyous, though like most parents,…
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December 22, 2010
Advent Devotion – December 22, 2010
Scripture – Psalm 17 “Hear a just cause, O LORD; attend to my cry; give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit.” (Psalm 17:1) When David said those words in the tenth century B.C., he was a man…
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December 21, 2010
Advent Devotion – December 21, 2010
Scripture – Luke 1:26–38 The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, Palestine, marks the birthplace of Jesus. Pilgrims shuffle through the Byzantine church to wait their turn to enter the cave where Jesus was born. At Christmas we assemble Nativity…
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December 20, 2010
Advent Devotion – December 20, 2010
Scripture – Luke 1:5–25 When Luke undertook the task of writing “an orderly account” (v. 1) of the life and ministry of Jesus Christ, he did not start with the birth of Jesus. Luke started the “Jesus story” with the…
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December 19, 2010
Advent Devotion – December 19, 2010
Scripture – Psalm 80:1–7, 17–19 Do you ever feel like it is hard to get God’s attention? Or difficult to figure out where God is? It was hard for the people reflected in Psalm 80 as well. Here they are,…
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