Master 261: Looking for Advent Readings?
Over the years I've put together a number of Advent Meditation Series. Not all of them are complete. If I get a chance I'll work on them this year. If you're interested in looking at some Scriptures over the next month, you might try looking at some of what I've written.
In December 2007, I put together a twenty-six part series, starting on 30 November (Graduate 77) and ending on 25 December (Graduate 102). That series is based on what's sometimes referred to as the Jesse Tree Advent calendar. That reading schedule moves through the Old Testament tracing the history and ancestry that leads up to Christ's birth.
In December 2009, I put together a twenty-five part series, starting on 01 December (Graduate 173) and ending on 25 December (Graduate 198). That series goes through the first chapter of the book of Ephesians--looking at one verse each day. That series is not complete; it's missing the last four days or so. I'll see about fixing that.
In November and December 2010, I started a five-part series (not yet finished) based on the four songs of Christmas. They are Zecharias' song (Master 220), Mary's song (Master 221), the angel's song (Master 222), and Simeon's song (Master 223), with one final Christmas meditation (Master 224). All of these songs appear in the gospel of Luke and have been an important part of the church's liturgy and celebration of Christmas. Each is supposed to correspond to one of the four Sundays of advent, which is why the first is posted on the last Sunday of November. Only the first two songs are posted.
This year, I'm going to put together a series on the Christmas story in the four gospels. The first entry is already posted.
However you choose to celebrate this season, I hope that you will take time and opportunity to remember and meditate on the Advent--the coming--of our Lord.
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God is in this place,
And that reality, seen and understood by the grace of God in Christ Jesus through the work of the Holy Spirit, makes all the difference in the world.
In December 2007, I put together a twenty-six part series, starting on 30 November (Graduate 77) and ending on 25 December (Graduate 102). That series is based on what's sometimes referred to as the Jesse Tree Advent calendar. That reading schedule moves through the Old Testament tracing the history and ancestry that leads up to Christ's birth.
In December 2009, I put together a twenty-five part series, starting on 01 December (Graduate 173) and ending on 25 December (Graduate 198). That series goes through the first chapter of the book of Ephesians--looking at one verse each day. That series is not complete; it's missing the last four days or so. I'll see about fixing that.
In November and December 2010, I started a five-part series (not yet finished) based on the four songs of Christmas. They are Zecharias' song (Master 220), Mary's song (Master 221), the angel's song (Master 222), and Simeon's song (Master 223), with one final Christmas meditation (Master 224). All of these songs appear in the gospel of Luke and have been an important part of the church's liturgy and celebration of Christmas. Each is supposed to correspond to one of the four Sundays of advent, which is why the first is posted on the last Sunday of November. Only the first two songs are posted.
This year, I'm going to put together a series on the Christmas story in the four gospels. The first entry is already posted.
However you choose to celebrate this season, I hope that you will take time and opportunity to remember and meditate on the Advent--the coming--of our Lord.
--
God is in this place,
And that reality, seen and understood by the grace of God in Christ Jesus through the work of the Holy Spirit, makes all the difference in the world.
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