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Category Archives: Christmas
COCU5C.Christmas Eve
See also Christmas, Christmas Eve B, and Christmas Tree Traditions and Blessings ResourcesAdvent, Christmas and Epiphany: Liturgies and Prayers for Public Worship by Brian Wren Christmas litany-waiting for the light.ChristineSine Children’s Talk: Mary’s Treasure Box, based on a storybook by that … Continue reading
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Blue Christmas
Unless we have lived through December heartbroken, it may not cross our minds how hard the lead-up to Christmas can feel for people in the midst of loss, failure, or hopelessness. Their imprisonments can look like being stuck in a … Continue reading
Christmas Trees tradition and blessing
The use of the Christmas tree is relatively modern. Its origins are found in the medieval mystery plays which depicted the tree of paradise and the Christmas light or candle which symbolized Christ, the Light of the world. We see … Continue reading
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Christmas
Rev David McGregor’s Christmas sermon 2015, luke-2-8-20-christmas-day-2015-sermon “In an out of the way kind of place, in an out of the way kind of time, in an out of the way kind of town there was God’s truth: a baby born … Continue reading
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Advent and Christmas Music
Christmas music on Singing from the Lectionary In addition to songs listed in Advent weeks, the following music may be of interest: In This Time of Waiting (music backing on Youtube clip here) In this time of waiting We will … Continue reading
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12 Days of Christmas
The Twelve Days of Christmas, also known as Twelvetide, is a festive Christian season to celebrate the nativity of Jesus. In most Western Church traditions Christmas Day is the First Day of Christmas and the Twelve Days are 25 December … Continue reading
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in times of grief, and death, and sorrow
This statue is called “Emptiness” (Melancolie), seated on a park bench in Geneva, is a great attempt at describing how a parent feels after losing a child. Read more about the sculpture and artist here. John Maddox wrote, “We may look … Continue reading
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