by debracelovsky | Jan 7, 2026 | Christmas, New Year, One Year Bible
Epiphany, from the Greek, epiphaniea, meaning “manifestation” or “appearance. Every year at Christmas, I find myself with the tricky task of explaining to kids (generally my Sunday School class of 5th and 6th graders) that the Wise Men, as...
by debracelovsky | Dec 10, 2025 | Christmas
But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law. (Galatians 4:4 NKJV) Why, we might wonder, was Jesus born at that particular moment in history? Every year, as I read through the Old Testament, I hear a cosmic clock...
by debracelovsky | Dec 13, 2024 | Christmas
Recently, I was rereading this post from December of 2020, the first of those terrible covid years, and remembering how very much we needed this message in that season. Fact is, we need it in every season. I was thinking about how interesting it is that Christmas...
by debracelovsky | Dec 24, 2023 | Christmas, Word
He was a contemporary of the great Isaiah, a peasant whose work is a mere seven chapters. Micah’s writings have been described as rugged, but clear and intelligible. And it is unlikely that we will experience any Christmastime without hearing or quoting from his...
by debracelovsky | Dec 4, 2023 | Christmas
The darkness seems absolute. Men before us have forgotten that it hides the morning star. Irwin Edman, Professor of Philosophy In the home we built four years ago, our study faces due east toward the southern end of the Mayacamas Mountains, an ancient volcanic range...
by debracelovsky | Dec 8, 2022 | Christmas
I like to begin with the priest in the Temple. We can begin our advent meditations in any number of places—the stable, out on the hillside, with the vivid Old Testament prophecies. I particularly love the opening of Luke’s account. He begins at the breaking of...
