Author name: Advent Devotional

Lenox Excerpt Part of the story of Christmas involves the Three Kings who came from the East to see the Baby Jesus. As was customary in their culture, they traveled […]

Lenox Excerpt The tradition of including a standing camel—alone or with a camel driver—in a Nativity scene goes back hundreds of years. Originally, tableaus depicting the birth of Jesus were

Matthew 2:1 “Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea In the days of Herod the King, behold, there came wisemen from the east to Jerusalem…” Lenox Excerpt The

Lenox Excerpt Christmas has been celebrated throughout the world for nearly two thousand years. Yet many of our most cherished Christmas traditions only began during the Meddle Ages. At that

Isaiah 11:1-6 The Peaceful Kingdom 11 A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse, and a of shall grow out of his roots. 2 The spirit of the Lord shall rest on him,

The angels play a significant role in announcing the birth of Christ and the coming reign of God.  The other-worldly angelic proclamation also serves to open the scene to earthly

We are drawn each year to the manger. Some of the ornaments on our Christmas tree at home remind us of the miracle of our salvation that was given in

Psalm 148:2 Praise ye him, all His angels;   Praise ye Him, all His hosts. Lenox Excerpt Our earliest perceptions of angels are probably associated with the story of the

Lenox Excerpt The ox is important to the Christmas story because it was in his stable home that the Baby Jesus was born… and it was in this animal’s manger,

Lenox Excerpt The richly bedecked camel offers interesting contrast to the humble donkey on which the Mother of Christ rode. The Three Kings, wealthy and wise almost beyond the comprehension