Prayer: Loving God lets us sing out our praises to you. May we praise you in our words and in our actions. Let our whole life point to you. AMEN
Reading: Psalm 148 (Click to read text) Stop and GROW: After reading the text, discuss/ponder the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's Book of Faith questions, which are part of Camp Mount Luther's GROW Time with campers. QUESTION 1: What scares, confuses, challenges, or doesn’t make sense to me in this text? QUESTION 2: What delights me in this text or is my favorite part of the story? QUESTION 3: What stories or memories does this text stir in me? QUESTION 4: What is God up to in this text? Reflection: I do not know about you, but I am all about listening to and singing Christmas carols and other Christmas songs. I have a bushel basket full of Christmas CDs. I realize in a lot of churches we save the carols for Christmas Eve and the Christmas Season, so Advent is more about preparing to celebrate Christ’s birth. That does not stop me from listening to them from Thanksgiving through January. I listen to them at work, in my car, and at home. I know the radio stations even start playing them earlier, but they usually stop right after Christmas day. This Psalm was all about praising the Lord, and I believe carols are a great way to praise the Lord. So, I say bring on the Christmas Music, and listen to it all year long if you want to. As it says in the Psalm; “Praise the LORD, because he alone is great. He is more wonderful than heaven and earth. God has given his people a king. He should be praise by all who belong to him.” --Charlene Rineer
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