Today we’d be expecting the eleven pipers piping, according to that old carol “The 12 Days of Christmas.” That carol seems to take forever to get through most days. By now you’re tired of Christmas music anyway, right? If there’s one thing I lament about our current Christmas practice it is not that it starts … Continue reading Advent Devotional: Sunday, January 4: Eleventh Day of Christmas
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Advent Devotional: Saturday, December 27: Feast of St. John
When I was a child I picked St. John as my favorite apostle. Yes, most kids were picking superheroes. I was picking apostles. St. John was it for me. One of the “Sons of Thunder” as Jesus called him and his brother James, John was always the one who was a little bit ambitious but … Continue reading Advent Devotional: Saturday, December 27: Feast of St. John