Christ Our Shepherd Advent Calendar 2019 Keeping Watch in Advent. Daily Advent Reflection from Pastor Fritz Wiese. A Christ Our Shepherd Advent Journey, Day 24 in Advent. “ While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child.    And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him …

Christ Our Shepherd Advent Calendar 2019 Why a Manger? Daily Advent Reflection from Bob Davis I found the following article by Ship Heitzig @ Connection Communications very inspiring. And so I share it with you. A few years ago, my mom gave me a Nativity scene that was in our home when I was a kid. It evoked wonder in my early …

Christ Our Shepherd Advent Calendar 2019 Daily Advent Reflection from Linda Volckmann It was Christmas, 1968, and the song “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” was on the radio. And the line, “…if only in my dreams”, brought sudden tears to her eyes. They were engaged before he left on that flight to Viet Nam for a year. In those years there were no …

Christ Our Shepherd Advent Calendar 2019 Daily Advent Reflection from Wes Saunders Growing up as a Southern Baptist in the deep South in the fifties and sixties and in a small, rural town to boot, I was not particularly caught up in the Advent season. I probably did not even know what Advent was; let’s face it, my version of some …

Christ Our Shepherd Advent Calendar 2019 Daily Advent Reflection from Ingrid Hedlund I plugged in my tree last week and three strands of lights were out. For the last week, I just forgot about decorating it. Said, “oh well” “who cares” “next year”. Today, I added a strand of lights (even those had lights out). But it made a big …

Christ Our Shepherd Advent Calendar 2019 Daily Advent Reflection from Benya Spruck  When I was a young girl living in Pennsylvania, the Christmas Eve service was held at our church at 11 PM. My grandparents, parents, brother, great aunts, great uncles, aunts, uncles and cousins all attended. We only lived a few blocks away from St. Peter’s so we always walked there, …

Christ Our Shepherd Advent Calendar 2019 Daily Advent Reflection from Brad Milburn As we prepare for Jesus’ coming, we often place animals around his crib in our manger scenes, sing Silent Night, and sip special warm beverages in the Moravian Love Feast. In that spirit, reflections are offered: As I gazed out my back door, scanning the dead leaves and dull …

Christ Our Shepherd Advent Calendar 2019 Daily Advent Reflection from John Lehmann How do you know when you are called upon to do God’s work? As lifelong Lutherans, we have heard many times that we are to do God’s work here on earth. I think we found out during our visits to provide communion to members who are not able to attend …

Christ Our Shepherd Advent Calendar 2019 Daily Advent Reflection from Sue Kunig When my children were little, (they are now 38 and 34, so this was many years ago), they would wait at our big picture window waiting for Daddy to come home from work. As I was cooking dinner and setting the table, I could hear our son explain …

Christ Our Shepherd Advent Calendar 2019 Jesus “on the move” at Publix Daily Advent Reflection from Debra Neu I didn’t have to look far to experience Jesus “on the move” in my life after my workout one Saturday morning. But, that day was different. Even with my best pair of sneakers on, sometimes it’s hard to catch up and see Jesus “on …