A Christmas Daybook Meditation for these 12 days of festive celebration.
Look: The Dream of The Three Kings, Nicholas Mynheer - Source
Listen: Stars, Rain for Roots - Spotify | YouTube | Bandcamp w/ lyrics
Read: Psalm 29, 98; Isaiah 66: 18-23; Romans 15:7-13 (Eve of Epiphany)
Pray: A benediction for the closing of Christmas
Do: Savor one more day of Christmas!
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Look: Christmas Dance, Henri Masson - Source
Listen: Put the Lights on the Tree, Sufjan Stevens - Spotify | YouTube | Lyrics
Read: Psalm 85, 87; Psalm 136; Joshua 3:14—4:7; Ephesians 5:1-20; John 9:1-12,35-38Pray: Read Psalm 136 out loud as a prayer.
Do: Dance!
Read MoreLook: In the Wild North, Ivan Shishkin - Source
Listen: Christmas Moon, Brooke Waggoner - Spotify | YouTube | Lyrics
Read: Psalm 68; Psalm 72; 1 Kings 19:9-18; Ephesians 4:17-32; John 6:15-27
Pray: Prayerfully read Ephesians 4:17-32 as an examen for 2021 and a hope for 2022.
Do: Write thank-you cards or New Year's greetings.
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Look: Altar and Reredos for Lady Chapel, John Maddison - Source
Listen: Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring, Longon Chamber Orchestra- Spotify | YouTube | Text
Read: Jeremiah 31:7-14; Psalm 147:12-20; Ephesians 1:3-14; John 1:1-9, 10-18
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Second Sunday of Christmas
Do: Sing more Christmas carols!
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Look: Children’s shoes and toys were placed in a makeshift memorial outside the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia, where the remains of hundreds of Indigenous children have been discovered in unmarked graves. Dennis Owen/Reuters, Erica - Source
Listen: Lullay, Lullay (Coventry Carol), Annie Lennox - Spotify | YouTube
Read: Psalm 2, 26; Isaiah 49:13-23; Matthew 18:1-14; Psalm 19, 126; Isaiah 54:1-13; Mark 10:13-16
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Feast of Holy Innocents
Do: Bless the children in your family, community, and beyond.
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Look: Peaceable Kingdom, John August Swanson - Source
Listen: O Day of Peace, Josh Garrels - Bandcamp w/ lyrics | Spotify | YouTube
Pray: In our 1 Kings passage, we witness Solomon’s prayer for wisdom. As you think back on 2021, how would you answer God’s question to Solomon, “Ask what I should give you.”
Do: Celebrate today, the final day of 2021!
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Simeon with the Infant Jesus, Benjamin West - Source
Listen: Simeon’s Song, The Porter’s Gate - Spotify | YouTube | Lyrics & Score
Read: Psalm 20, 21; Psalm 23, 27 1 Kings 17:17-24; 3 John 1-15; John 4:46-54
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Feast of Holy Innocents
Do: Bless the children in your family, community, and beyond.
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Look: Children’s shoes and toys were placed in a makeshift memorial outside the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia, where the remains of hundreds of Indigenous children have been discovered in unmarked graves. Dennis Owen/Reuters, Erica - Source
Listen: Lullay, Lullay (Coventry Carol), Annie Lennox - Spotify | YouTube
Read: Psalm 2, 26; Isaiah 49:13-23; Matthew 18:1-14; Psalm 19, 126; Isaiah 54:1-13; Mark 10:13-16
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Feast of Holy Innocents
Do: Bless the children in your family, community, and beyond.
Read MoreLook: Indian Universal Father, Erica Ploucha - Source
Listen: Rest Your Head, George Winston - Spotify | YouTube
Read: Psalm 97, 98; Proverbs 8:22-30; John 13:20-35; Psalm 145; Isaiah 44:1-8; 1 John 5:1-12
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Feast of St. John
Do: Make mulled wine for St. John’s Day and drink a toast to the love of God and to the saint.
Read MoreLook: The Storm, John August Swanson - Source
Listen: Night, pt. 2: Midnight , George Winston- Spotify| YouTube
Read: Psalm 41, 52; Zechariah 1:7-17; Revelation 3:7-13; Matthew 24:15-31
Pray: From Revelation 3:8
Do: Fill your doors & windows with light today.
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A Christmas Daybook meditation for these twelve days of festive celebration.
Look: Pinoy Belem with Red Horse, Wayne Forte- Source
Listen: Mary’s Lullaby (Black Haired Boy), The Porter’s Gate [feat. Liz Vice] - Spotify | YouTube | Lyrics & Score
Read: 1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26; Psalm 148; Colossians 3:12-17; Luke 2:41-52
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for First Sunday after Christmas
Do: Keep giving on Boxing Day!
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A Christmas Daybook Meditation for these weeks of festive celebration.
Look: Adoration of the Magi Altarpiece, left hand predella panel depicting the Nativity, Gentile da Fabriano - Source
Listen: Infant Holy, Infant Lowly, The Porter’s Gate [feat.Paul Zach & Lauren Plank Goans] - Spotify | YouTube | Lyrics & Score
Read: Isaiah 9:2-7; Psalm 96; Titus 2:11-14; Luke 2:1-20
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for Christmas Day
Do: Practice gift giving and receiving.
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