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Tag: Christmas
The Return Counter
It’s not often that you find yourself walking through the mall with an archangel. But that’s kind of the way dreams are: a normal day and you then- throw in…
The Art of Pondering
"But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart." Luke 2:19b Advent is to ponder. If you don't take time to turn everything off and ponder sometime…
Grace is on a Family Tree
My friend loves Jesus. That sounds commonplace, doesn’t it? It becomes less pedestrian when I tell you that his Mom died a drug addict and his father was a devout…
The Birth and Crucifixion of Christ
A scripture reading that works well for Christmas or Easter. Scriptures: Luke 2:6-14; 23:43; Mark 15:12-32; John 19:30 Reader 1: So it was that while they were there, the days were…
Grace and Recompense
This Fire of Love unquenched by Eden's wreck and flowing seemingly in perpetuity toward all that soon will be in all its violent beauty He shall hold all hell's poison…
Just West of Bethlehem
Shepherds from the West! This works well as a dramatic vignette or a simple reader's theater piece. Fun to perform with the country accent of your region. Cast: Josiah, Henry, Jake,…
Song Introduction to “Away in a Manger”
Here is an easy, informal reading to be performed before "Away in the Manger" Reader 1: away Reader 2: but so near to the outcast Reader 1: near to the…
The Cradle and the Cross
Worship leaders start early with some creative tools to enhance your Christmas worship. Here is a simple reading that contrasts the Christ's Birth and Crucifixion. Works great as an introduction…
Mary’s Little Boy
And Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart-- This phrase has arrested me for years, because pondering to me in a sense is a form of…