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Christ Our Shepherd Advent Devotion Series 2025 Traditional Thursday December 18, 2025 O Rest in the Lord Please enjoy this advent devotional written by Carolyn West, one of our newest members. Written in 1846, the aria for solo alto “O Rest in the Lord” is taken from Mendelssohn’s oratorio “Elijah” and is based on Psalm 37: O rest in …
Christ Our Shepherd Advent Devotion Series 2025 Traditional Thursday December 11, 2025 What a Gift! Please enjoy this Advent Devotional written by Gwen Garrison. He has filled the hungry with good things but has sent the rich away empty. Luke 1:53 The Christmas when I was about ten, my Dad suffered a massive ulcer attack requiring removal of …
Christ Our Shepherd Advent Devotion Series 2025 Traditional Thursday December 4, 2025 Comfort Today’s advent devotional is written by one of our new members, Debbie Brown. “May your unfailing love be my comfort, according to your promise to your servant.” Psalm 119:76 At some points in our life, comfort feels distant, like something others may find but we …
Christ Our Shepherd Lutheran Church Advent Devotions 2024 Tradition Thursday: Brother’s Keeper December 19, 2024 Jo Hopkins “Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I don’t know,” he replied. “Am I my brother’s keeper?” Genesis 4:9 I lost my one and only brother in November. I am thinking of him now in a way I hadn’t …
Christ Our Shepherd Lutheran Church Advent Devotions 2024 Tradition Thursday: Choices December 12, 2024 Dale Jirousek Advent is a season of light and darkness, trips to the wilderness with John the Baptist, and journeying for Mary and Joseph. For a devotion that hits upon all these themes, we thank Dale Jirousek, a retired Lutheran pastor and new member. “Even though …
Christ Our Shepherd Advent Devotion Series 2024 Tradition Thursday: Twins December 5, 2024 Evonne Cote You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. Luke 1:31 As we approach the Advent season reflecting on how we can prepare our hearts for Christ’s birth we focus on four different characteristics: hope, joy, peace, and …
Christ Our Shepherd Advent Devotion Series 2023 Tradition Thursday December 21, 2023 Jeff Williams Please enjoy this advent meditation written by Jeff Willliams, one of our newest members. Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. –James 1:17 I was running out of time (and money). I wanted to …
Christ Our Shepherd Advent Devotion Series 2023 Tradition Thursday December 14, 2023 April Peterson Today’s advent devotional is written by April Peterson, our COS Preschool director and wife of Larry, our Minister of Worship & Music. Advent. The time of waiting and watching. The time to stay awake. The time to keep the status quo? Hold the phone. Let’s take …
Christ Our Shepherd Advent Devotion Series 2023 Tradition Thursday December 7, 2023 Wes Saunders Today’s devotion comes from Wes Saunders, long-time member and facilitator of Sunday Morning Adult Study class Text Talk which meets at 9:45am in the conference room. Expectation and Realization The voice of one shouting in the wilderness, prepare the way for the Lord, make his …
Christ Our Shepherd Advent Devotion Series 2022 Traditional Thursday December 22, 2022 David Beecher Endings and Beginnings I saw the hard work God has given people to do. God has given them a desire to know the future. He does everything just right and on time, but people can never completely understand what he is doing. So I realize that the best …
