It is fairly safe to say that as each Advent season rolls around, so too will another odfm post about Andrew Peterson and his magnificent album, Behold the Lamb of God. This is that post.
The fact that I’m a huge fan of Christmas music is no secret. As each Halloween passes, I’m tempted to Christmasize [...]
The cutesiness of this card is far outweighed by the magnitude of what I celebrated on this day. So, as I celebrate the birth of the Word Incarnate, I thought it acceptable to also share a Christmas greeting card. Feel free to print it up and add it to your collection, or to set [...]
For over a decade of my life, Christmastime brought feelings of increasing excitement throughout December’s duration as I anticipated the morning when I’d discover what Santa had brought (which was really all I was concerned about… never mind celebrating the birth of Jesus). During much of that decade-plus I also grew excited about the hours [...]
The Collect.
O Lord, raise up, we pray thee, thy power, and come among us, and with great might succour us; that whereas, though our sins and wickedness, we are sore let and hindered in running th race that is set before us, thy bountiful grace and mercy may speedily help and deliver us; through Jesus [...]
The Collect.
O Lord Jesus Christ, who at thy first coming didst send thy messenger to prepare thy way before thee; Grant that the ministers and stewards of they mysteries may likewise so prepare and make ready thy way, by turning the hearts of the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, that at thy second [...]
The Collect.
Blessed Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning; Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience and comfort of thy holy Word, we may embrace, and ever hold fast, the blessed hope of everlasting life, which thou [...]
I unashamedly love Christmas music. Even working in a retail store that plays it non-stop from Black Friday to Christmas Eve can’t hinder my adoration for music of the Season. That isn’t to say that I love all Christmas music though. Chipmunks singing anything and “Silver Bells” sung by anyone have generally never been enjoyable [...]
The Collect.
Almighty God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in [...]
For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given,
and the government shall be on his shoulders
And he will be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
-Isaiah 9:6
This has without a doubt been the craziest year of my life. Granted, I haven’t even been alive 20 years, but I seriously doubt any of my future years will outdo this one on the craziness scale.
Things a year ago looked so differently than they do today. Mary and I had just gotten engaged [...]