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Sabbath Devotional :: The Divine Complexity of Our Current Circumstances
The temperature here in Omaha has been hovering around 0 degrees for over a week now, often dipping into negative territory, with more frigid weather to come. And we keep getting new layers of snow laid on top of what came the day before, with barely enough time to chip away at them. It kind of feels like we will never be able to go outside again. Even when I am inside, I can feel the never-ending chill of the ice that seems like it is trying to break its way into my home. I have cold toes, cold fingers, and, if I am being honest, a cold heart at…
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Sabbath Devotional :: In the Bleak Midwinter
I have always been able to express my testimony best through music. So, this year, the MWEG Christmas devotional comes to you from my living room piano. The tune for Rossetti’s poem was written by Gustav Holst and then arranged by Wendy Lynn Stevens. As I prepared this piece for my MWEG sisters, I felt both the bleakness of this moment in time and the celebration of the miracle of the Christ Child. May you feel the warmth of these words and this music as you ponder His birth. Please know I am also holding space in my heart for your grief. I pray that you can hear both in…
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Sabbath Devotional :: Music of Christmas
Music inspired this weekend’s Sabbath devotional. How I love the music of the Christmas season! O come, Thou Day-Spring, come and cheerOur spirits by Thine advent here.Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,And death’s dark shadows put to flight. Rejoice! Rejoice! EmmanuelShall come to thee, O Israel! December 6th marks the second Sunday of Advent for those of you familiar with a broadly Christian liturgical calendar. Advent is a time of longing and expectation that Christ may soon come to redeem His people. Our family has its own Advent tradition involving scripture reading, singing, and lighting candles in an Advent wreath — a cherished holdover from the Scandinavian and German traditions…
