Christmas: Week Five | Day 1

Christmas: Week Five | Day 1

Week 5 | What Child Is This? Lisa Scheffler and Shelley Frew, author Descent Down he came from up, and in from out, and here from there. A long leap, an incandescent fall from magnificent to naked, frail, small, through space, between stars, into our chill night air,...
Christmas: Week Five | Day 1

Christmas: Week Four | Day 5

 Lisa Sheffler, author Day 5 | Reflect, Connect, Respond This week we followed the star along with the Magi to worship Jesus. Spend some time with your Father today. Reflect on the gift of Jesus. Reflect Matthew sets up a contrast between the Magi, Herod, and the...
Christmas: Week Five | Day 1

Christmas: Week Four | Day 4

Lisa Sheffler, author Day 4 | Violent Opposition (Continued from yesterday) Then the Kings rode out of the city gate, With a clatter of hoofs in proud array; But they went not back to Herod the Great, For they knew his malice and feared his hate, And returned to their...
Christmas: Week Five | Day 1

Christmas: Week Four | Day 3

Lisa Sheffler, author Day 3| Gifts for the King (Continued from yesterday) So they rode away; and the star stood still, The only one in the grey of morn; Yes, it stopped—it stood still of its own free will, Right over Bethlehem on the hill, The city of David, where...
Christmas: Week Five | Day 1

Christmas: Week Four | Day 2

Day 2| Prophecy Fulfilled (Continued from yesterday) …“Of the child that is born,” said Baltasar, “Good people, I pray you, tell us the news; For we in the East have seen his star, And have ridden fast, and have ridden far, To find and worship the King of the Jews.”...