Thursday, December 24 Peace came to earth at last that chosen night when angels clove the sky with song and light, and God embodied love and sheathed his might. Who could be…
Peace came to earth at last that chosen night when angels clove the sky with song and light, and God embodied love and sheathed his might. Who could be gasp: Immanuel! Who could be sing: Immanuel. You show the Father none has ever seen, in flesh and bl… http://oslchillsboro.com/resources-links/blog/peace-came-earth/

Wednesday, December 23  All earth is hopeful, the Savior comes at last! Furrows lie open for God’s creative task: This the labor of people who struggle to see how…
All earth is hopeful, the Savior comes at last! Furrows lie open for God’s creative task: This the labor of people who struggle to see how God’s truth and justice set everybody free. We first saw Jesus a baby in a crib, This same Lord Jesus today has c… http://oslchillsboro.com/resources-links/blog/truth-spoken/

Tuesday, December 22  Unexpected and mysterious is the gentle word of grace, Ever-loving and sustaining is the peace of God’s embrace. If we falter in our courage…
Unexpected and mysterious is the gentle word of grace, Ever-loving and sustaining is the peace of God’s embrace. If we falter in our courage and we doubt what we have known, God is faithful to console as a mother tends her own. - ELW #258 http://oslchillsboro.com/resources-links/blog/where-truth-spoken/

Monday, December 21 For the herald’s voice is crying in the desert far and near, calling us to true repentance, since the reign of God is here. Oh, that warning cry obey!…
For the herald’s voice is crying in the desert far and near, calling us to true repentance, since the reign of God is here. Oh, that warning cry obey! Now prepare for God a way. Valleys, rise to greet the Savior; hills, bow down in humble favor. -ELW #25… http://oslchillsboro.com/resources-links/blog/heralds-voice-crying/

Saturday, December 19 In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan. Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone. Snow had fallen snow on snow, snow on snow. In the bleak…
In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan. Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone. Snow had fallen snow on snow, snow on snow. In the bleak midwinter, long ago. Heaven cannot hold him, nor the earth sustain, Heaven and earth shall flee away when… http://oslchillsboro.com/resources-links/blog/bleak-midwinter/

Friday, December 18 How silently, how silently the wondrous gift is given! So God imparts to human hearts the blessings of his heaven. No ear may hear his calling, but in this…
How silently, how silently the wondrous gift is given! So God imparts to human hearts the blessings of his heaven. No ear may hear his calling, but in this world of sin, where meek souls will receive him still, the dear Christ enters in. -ELW #279 V. 3 http://oslchillsboro.com/resources-links/blog/how-silently-wondrous-gift-given/

Thursday, December 17 Lo, how a rose e’er blooming from tender stem hath sprung. Of Jesse’s lineage coming as seers of old have sung. It came a flower so bright,…
Lo, how a rose e’er blooming from tender stem hath sprung. Of Jesse’s lineage coming as seers of old have sung. It came a flower so bright, amid the cold of winter, when half-spent was the night. -Evangelical Lutheran Worship #272 V. 1 http://oslchillsboro.com/resources-links/blog/lo-how-rose-eer-blooming1/