4 Advent Friday
15-18 As the angel choir withdrew into heaven, the sheepherders talked it over. “Let’s get over to Bethlehem as fast as we can and see for o
3rd Advent Thursday
Meanwhile, friends, wait patiently for the Master’s Arrival. You see farmers do this all the time, waiting for their valuable crops to matur
3rd Advent Wednesday
Don’t put your life in the hands of experts
who know nothing of life, of salvation life.
Mere humans don’t have what it takes;
when
3rd Advent Tuesday
They’ll sing as they make their way home to Zion,
unfading halos of joy encircling their heads,
Welcomed home with gifts of joy and glad
3rd Advent Monday
John, meanwhile, had been locked up in prison. When he got wind of what Jesus was doing, he sent his own disciples to ask, “Are you the One
2nd Advent Friday
May our dependably steady and warmly personal God develop maturity in you so that you get along with each other as well as Jesus gets along
2nd Advent Thursday
That’s exactly what Jesus did. He didn’t make it easy for himself by avoiding people’s troubles, but waded right in and helped out. “I took
2nd Advent Wednesday
Please stand up for the poor,
help the children of the needy,
come down hard on the cruel tyrants.
2nd Advent Tuesday
1-5 A green Shoot will sprout from Jesse’s stump,
from his roots a budding Branch.
The life-giving Spirit of God will hover over him,
2nd Advent Monday
3 1-2 While Jesus was living in the Galilean hills, John, called “the Baptizer,” was preaching in the desert country of Judea. His message w