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John 1:1-18

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Theodore L. Yewey

Christmas has come and gone for another year. And we are left remembering, wondering, and a little more financially embarrassed than we were a few weeks ago. In some there is a cynicism as seen in this poem: CHRISTMAS PAST The carnival has ended. Marionette "Jesu" no longer performs At the whim of carolers’ tunes. Neon stars diminish and disappear. Plastic virgins steal away To be hidden among...

2. The Forgotten

Matthew 1:18-25

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Theodore L. Yewey

Christmas is a very special time at our house. It is a time when we try to do many things together as a family. One of the traditional rituals we all share in is the decorating of the various rooms with things that have special sentimental significance for us all. Over the years we have accumulated a number of unique scenes of the Nativity. We generally try to have several of these displayed in va...

3. The Miracle

Luke 2:1-7

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Theodore L. Yewey

It had been a long difficult trip, one that they really hadn’t wanted to make, but when the government insists, and there are no loop holes, one has little choice. After days on the road, they were both dead tired. Their bodies ached from the strain of the road and the grime of travel ground away at them. A bone-chilling weariness crept over them till all they wanted to do was find some place to ...

4. The Ordinary

Luke 2:8-20

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Theodore L. Yewey

Is there anything so common and monotonous as the everyday ordinary days of our lives? Day after day, each one so much the same that only a look at a new number on the calendar makes it different. Nothing ever changes. Everyone and everything is always the same. Just monotonous, ordinary and common - oh so very commoni No matter what great plans are planned or what extravagant hopes are hoped, th...

5. The Overlooked

Luke 1:26-38

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Theodore L. Yewey

Most of us have had the experience of being overlooked. Perhaps it was at a Christmas gift exchange where packages with everyone’s name on them were placed under the tree, but when they were distributed, it was discovered that one name was missing. Yours! Or maybe you have been overlooked when a group was being recognized. Everyone is named and praised for their accomplishments except one you are...

6. The Preparers

Luke 1:57-66

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Theodore L. Yewey

If there is one short word that would describe the people of this day as we make our way through the days leading to Christmas, it would be the word "Preparers." We all are quite busy with a multitude of preparations. We are busy preparing for Christmas programs, gifts, family gatherings, parties, special activities, and special guests. We are the preparers! And we spend much of our time, energy, ...

7. The Seekers

Matthew 2:1-12

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Theodore L. Yewey

It was January 6, "Three Kings Day," and our house was buzzing for this was a special day. It was the time when the final characters would be added to our scene of the Nativity. And it was also a time that we would observe by the giving of some very special gifts. Our "Three Kings" had waited patiently in their boxes filled with shredded paper until this important day and then they made their lon...

8. THE SURPRISED

Luke 1:5-25

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Theodore L. Yewey

"There was a priest, Zechariah ... and he had a wife ... and her name was Elizabeth." With these words Saint Luke begins his story about the birth of Jesus. In the first few verses of his writing we are introduced to this priest, told that he is a part of the Temple Corps, that he has a wife named Elizabeth, and that they are both well on in years. The scene is set as the first rays of the mornin...

9. THE WATCHERS

Luke 2:21-40

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Theodore L. Yewey

May I share with you one of my favorite Christmas memories? It took place several years ago when the children in our home were young and filled with all of the enchantment and enthusiasm of Christmas that captures young minds. It was the Sunday just after Christmas and we had packed the entire family in the car and driven several miles to a nursing home where I led a short devotional time for the ...

10. Why Christmas?

Isaiah 8:11-22

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Theodore L. Yewey

"... I live in a world of fools ... Merry Christmas after merry Christmas. What is Christmas time to you but a time for paying bills without money, a time for finding yourself a year older and now an hour richer? If I could work my will, every idiot who goes about with Merry Christmas on his lips should be boiled with his own Christmas pudding and burned with a stake of holly through his heart! .....

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