Christmas: Week Four | Day 1

Christmas: Week Four | Day 1

Week 4 | We Three Kings Lisa Scheffler, author Three Kings came riding from far away, Melchior and Gaspar and Baltasar; Three Wise Men out of the East were they, And they travelled by night and they slept by day, For their guide was a beautiful, wonderful star. The...
Christmas: Week Four | 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 Four | 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 Four | 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 Four | 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.”...