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Davy -- Luke 2:10-12 -- Daniel J. Weitner -- 2000
A Children's Christmas Story

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First Sunday Of Advent -- Daniel J. Weitner -- 2000
MeditationCome, thou God of earth and heaven;
Second Sunday Of Advent -- Daniel J. Weitner -- 2000
MeditationJustice, peace and hope are driven From the earth by base design.
Third Sunday Of Advent -- Daniel J. Weitner -- 2000
MeditationStrong name of gracious love, Be with us 'til the morrow!
Fourth Sunday Of Advent -- Daniel J. Weitner -- 2000
MeditationLord of Hosts, we need thy presence:
Christmas Eve -- Daniel J. Weitner -- 2000
MeditationEveryone, come greet the day Of mirth and cheer! With angels say,
Christmas Day -- Daniel J. Weitner -- 2000
MeditationNow lift up voices, sing his praise

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Stolen Identities -- Hebrews 1:3 -- Daniel J. Weitner -- 2000
Freddie Cochrane was the reigning welterweight boxing
Waiting Room -- Isaiah 40:31 -- Daniel J. Weitner -- 2000
The first thing you find out when you enter today's typical
Right Train, But ... -- Romans 1:22 -- Daniel J. Weitner -- 2000
When, several years ago, I first began attending an
Serendipity -- Job 42:3 -- Daniel J. Weitner -- 2000
I had just come out of a local donut shop, cardboard
Getting the Word Out -- Luke 2:17 -- Daniel J. Weitner -- 2000
Another thought about shepherds.
Curious Commercials -- 2 Corinthians 4:5 -- Daniel J. Weitner -- 2000
When a big New York City church bought a big block of
The Dismals -- Psalm 45:15 -- Daniel J. Weitner -- 2000
Teachers and preachers, take heart! Not everything you say goes in one ear and out the other.
The Light -- John 3:19 -- Daniel J. Weitner -- 2000
Ocean City, New Jersey, located on the famed Cape May
A Matter Of Inches -- Acts 26:1 -- Daniel J. Weitner -- 2000
This is a story about Christmas -- and baseball.
The Quiet Man -- Matthew 1:19 -- Daniel J. Weitner -- 2000
[Mary's] husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to
Justice -- Romans 5:6-7 -- Daniel J. Weitner -- 2000
Let me say from the outset that I am not ashamed to profess
Nobility -- Revelation 17:14 -- Daniel J. Weitner -- 2000
Joe Dean is retired now. However, time was, not too many
Christmas Is ... -- Revelation 7:12 -- Daniel J. Weitner -- 2000
The more time passes, the more we realize that preparation
Names -- Matthew 1:21 -- Daniel J. Weitner -- 2000
One day in the middle of spring a few years ago, one of our
A Parable -- Galatians 4:4-5 -- Daniel J. Weitner -- 2000
A certain man went to a builder of boats in order to have a
Why Is This Night Different? -- Exodus 12:26 -- Daniel J. Weitner -- 2000
It is 9:30. It is nighttime, Christmas Eve. There is a cold
Reunions -- Luke 19:28-40 -- Daniel J. Weitner -- 2000
The older I get, the more I'm convinced that the best
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Object: A sheep or lamb stuffed animal.

Note: For the best experience, when you ask the questions, take the time to draw the children out a bit and help them come up with answers. Make it more of a conversation if you can.

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Hello, everyone! (Let them respond.) Are you ready for our story today? (Let them respond.) Excellent! Let’s get started! (Hold the sheep in your lap as you continue.)

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Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels surrounding the throne and the living creatures and the elders; they numbered myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, singing with full voice… (vv. 11-12a)

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A medical worker is working long, hard, stress filled hours in an urban hospital setting. One day he or she is called into the administrator’s office to be terminated due to angering professionals in the upper echelon. The worker protests that it is, “My word against their word, why am I to be the scapegoat?” The administrator pulls rank! The worker is asked to turn in their badge and do not come into the premises again unless as a patient. The now unemployed medical worker still feels the calling to be a healer. So, they get a job at an alternative/natural health medicine store.
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Acts 9:1-6 (7-20)
Martin Luther believed that the story of Paul’s conversion demonstrates that there is no need for special revelation. The reformer commented:

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I've recently spent several hours by the lakeside, for I've been in retreat this past week in the little village of Hemingford Grey, in Huntingdonshire. A great delight for me was to walk to the flooded gravel pits, sit on a bench in glorious sunshine, and watch the water birds. For me, that's a wonderful way to become very aware of the presence of God through the beauty of his created world. And sitting like that for several hours, doing nothing but watching and waiting, I can't help but absorb the peace which passes all understanding.

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When Beth was a teenager, she lived on the streets. She smoked cigarettes and drank beer and her parents had said that she had to choose: her friends or her family. Beth chose her friends and lived from house to house and eventually in homeless shelters. She barely avoided being raped at one point. About six months of shelter-hopping was all she could take, and she found a shelter that sponsored her until she took the GED. They told her she was brilliant: she was just bored and dissatisfied with the status quo. The shelter supervisors suggested she look into community college.
James Evans
(For alternative approaches, see Epiphany 6/Ordinary Time 6, Cycle B; and Proper 9/Pentecost 7/Ordinary Time 14, Cycle C.)

The main theme of this psalm is captured profoundly in the movement within a single verse: "Weeping may linger for the night, but joy comes with morning" (v. 5). Casting life experiences between light and dark is not unique or novel, of course, but the poet's treatment of these themes offers some fertile ground for reflection.

Elizabeth Achtemeier
We have three different accounts of the conversion of Saul in the Gospel according to Luke (9:1-20; 22:6-16; 26:12-18). They differ in a few minor details, but essentially they are the same. In addition, Paul writes of his conversion in Galatians 1:11-16, and in 1 Corinthians 9:1 and 15:8-9, stating that at the time of his conversion on the road to Damascus, he saw the Lord. For Paul, that made him an apostle, equal to the twelve. An apostle, in Paul's thought, was one who had seen the risen Christ and had been sent to announce that good news.
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Once in a far-off land, there was a great king whose dominion extended far and wide. His power and authority were absolute. One day, as events would happen, a young man, a commoner, committed a grave offense against the king. In response, the king and his counselors gathered together to determine what should be done. They decided that since the offense was so grave and had been committed by a commoner against someone so august as the king, the only punishment that would satisfy justice was death.

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