Advent Devotionals

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2021 Written by the Rev. Michael Haddox ’12 SCRIPTURE Amos 6:1-14 1 Alas for those who are at ease in Zion, and for those who feel secure on Mount Samaria, the notables of the first of the nations, to whom the house of Israel resorts! 2 Cross over...

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2021 Written by the Rev. Beth Creekpaum ’10 SCRIPTURE Matthew 22:15-22 15 Then the Pharisees went and plotted to entrap him in what he said. 16 So they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are...

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2021 Written by the Rev. John Bower ’00 SCRIPTURE Matthew 22:1-14 1 Once more Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying: 2 “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son. 3 He sent his slaves to call those who...

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2021 Written by the Rev. Alice L. Phillips ’94 SCRIPTURE 2 Peter 3:11-18 11 Since all these things are to be dissolved in this way, what sort of persons ought you to be in leading lives of holiness and godliness, 12 waiting for and hastening the...

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2021 Written by Brenda Henry ’17 SCRIPTURE Psalm 147:1-11 1 Praise the Lord! How good it is to sing praises to our God; for he is gracious, and a song of praise is fitting. 2 The Lord builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the outcasts of Israel. 3 He...

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2021 Written by the Rev. Dr. Graham Deans ’06 SCRIPTURE Amos 3:1-11 1 Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O people of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt: 2 You only have I known of all the...

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2021 Written by the Rev. Michelle Wahila ‘05 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...

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2021 Written by the Rev. Caitlin Rohrer Werth ’10 SCRIPTURE 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 1 Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers and sisters, you do not need to have anything written to you. 2 For you yourselves know very well that the day...