Advent Devotionals
Wednesday, December 15, 2021
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2021 Written by the Rev. Will Scott ’12 SCRIPTURE Revelation 4:1-8 1 After this I looked, and there in heaven a door stood open! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what...
Tuesday, December 14, 2021
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2021 Written by the Rev. Carolyn Cranston ‘99 SCRIPTURE Revelation 3:14-22 14 ”And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the origin of God’s creation: 15 ”I know your works; you are...
Monday, December 13, 2021
MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2021 Written by Sarah Knapp ’21 SCRIPTURE Zechariah 1:7-17 7 On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah son of Iddo; and...
Sunday, December 12, 2021
SUNDAY DECEMBER 12, 2021 Written by the Rev. Ben Phipps ’15 SCRIPTURE Psalm 150 1 Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty firmament! 2 Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his surpassing greatness! 3 Praise him with...
Saturday, December 11, 2021
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2021 Written by the Rev. Lawrence James Lalama ’93 SCRIPTURE Matthew 24:1-14 1 As Jesus came out of the temple and was going away, his disciples came to point out to him the buildings of the temple. 2 Then he asked them, “You see all these, do...
Friday, December 10, 2021
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2021 Written by the Rev. Samantha Lowery-Coggins ’20 SCRIPTURE Revelation 2:18-29 18 ”And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished...
Thursday, December 9, 2021
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2021 Written by the Rev. Alan D. Olson ’14 SCRIPTURE Revelation 2:8-17 8 ”And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These are the words of the first and the last, who was dead and came to life: 9 ”I know your affliction and your poverty,...
Wednesday, December 8, 2021
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2021 Written by Jon Mathieu ’21 SCRIPTURE Amos 8:1-14 1 This is what the Lord GOD showed me a basket of summer fruit. 2 He said, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then the LORD said to me, “The end has come upon my...
Tuesday, December 7, 2021
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2021 Written by Judy Zimmerman Herr ’82 SCRIPTURE Amos 7:10-17 10 Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent to King Jeroboam of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the very center of the house of Israel; the land is not able to bear...
Monday, December 6, 2021
MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2021 Written by the Rev. Jeff Eddings ’08 SCRIPTURE Psalm 145 1 I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever. 2 Every day I will bless you, and praise your name forever and ever. 3 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be...