Welcome to St. Luke’s 12 Days of Christmas Blog
From December 25 through January 5 parishioners of St. Luke’s will be sharing their reflections on the daily readings.
We invite you to click on the reflections below and enjoy.
St. Luke’s 2023 Christmas Pageant
Home > Christmas Blog 2024-2025 St. Luke’s 2023 Christmas Pageant January 5, 2025 St. Luke’s parishioners celebrating the Christmas Pageant in early 2024.Narrated by Amy Weigand, music director Brad Logan, with Bruce Stevens on the organ and piano.And staring an...
Following the example of Jesus
Home > Christmas Blog 2024-2025 Following the example of Jesus January 4, 2025 Exodus 3:1-12 |Hebrew 11:23-31 | John 14:6-14 As I read John 14:6-14, I couldn’t help but think of my dear friend, Lisa Johnson. My family came to East Greenwich in 1965, and Lisa’s...
What does your ‘pasture’ look like?
Home > Christmas Blog 2024-2025 What does your ‘pasture’ look like? January 3, 2025 Genesis 28:10-22 | Hebrews 11:13-22 | John 10:7-17 RENEWAL – Christmas is the new beginning that the darkness of Advent ‘looked to’ as light and life faded. Animals safely burrow in...
Oh, to have been a fly on the wall…
Home > Christmas Blog 2024-2025 Oh, to have been a fly on the wall... January 1, 2025 Numbers 6:22-27| Galatians 4:4-7| Luke 2:15-21 | Psalm 8 I often wonder to myself what it must have been like to be able to see and experience what went on in the barn where Jesus...
Keep the light of Christmas through the year
Home > Christmas Blog 2024-2025 Keep the light of Christmas through the year December 31, 2024 Isaiah 26:1-9| 2 Corinthians 5:16-6:2 | John 8:12-19 “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.” John...
The Gift of God’s Deliverance
Home > Christmas Blog 2024-2025 The Gift of God’s Deliverance December 30, 2024 Isaiah 25:1-9|Revelation 1:9-20|John 7:53-8:11 The Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) is a non-partisan research organization that publishes an annual Global Peace Index. In 2024...
The Promise of Christmas Isn’t Over
Home > Christmas Blog 2024-2025 The Promise of Christmas Isn’t Over December 29, 2024 Isaiah 61:10-62:3 |Galatians 3:23-25; 4:4-7 |John 1:1-18| Psalm 147 I have always loved the visuals depicted in the Book of Isaiah. No matter what translation you read, you are...
God is with us
Home > Christmas Blog 2024-2025 God is with us December 28, 2024 Jeremiah 31:15-17 |Revelation 21:1-7 |Matthew 2:13-18 |Psalm 124 When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he was infuriated, and he sent and killed all the children in and around...
Seek Ye First
Home > Christmas Blog 2024-2025 Seek Ye First December 27, 2024 Exodus 33:18-23 | 1John 1:1-9 | John 21:19b-24 | Psalm 92 Moses said to God, "Show me your glory, I pray." And God said, "I will make all my goodness pass before you, and will proclaim before you the...
Peace In The Midst Of Pain
Home > Christmas Blog 2024-2025 Peace In The Midst Of Pain December 26, 2024 Jeremiah 26:1-9, 12-15 | Acts 6:8-7, 51c-60 | Matthew 23:34-39 | Psalm 31 Both Jeremiah and Stephen were persecuted for prophesying about God's punishment for evil deeds. This is the dark...
Merry Christmas, St. Luke’s!
Home > Christmas Blog 2024-2025 Merry Christmas, St. Luke’s! December 25, 2024 Look who I discovered when visiting Roger Williams Park Carousel last spring: Rhode Island native and worldwide toy icon, Mr. Potato Head! I took the liberty of dressing him up for the...
