Jesse Tree
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morewhen it’s hard to believe in miracles this Christmas
On Wednesday, December 12 th, 2012First, a new note for you right below that Hope doesn’t want you to miss? Second — today is my dearest mama’s birthday. She was born 12 minutes to 12. And today is 12. 12. 12. — the last repetitive date we’ll ever see. So! Slipping quiet away here to celebrate an only-one-day-ever-like-this with my only-one-ever-like-this beautiful mama… and...
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moreAdvent Jesse Tree Devotionals & Ornaments
On Monday, December 01 st, 2008We’ve begun our Jesse Tree Journey…. we’ve been waiting for this, the children giddy, us expectant. Anxious to focus on Jesus… Lover of our souls…. Join us? Today’s reading: Isaiah 11:1-2 1And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:2And the spirit of the LORD shall rest...
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moreJesse Tree: Life– Nov. 30th
On Friday, December 01 st, 2006Today’s reading: Genesis 1:24-31 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was...
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Jesse Tree: Advent
On Friday, December 01 st, 2006Today we begin our Jesse Tree Journey…. we’ve been waiting for this, the children giddy, us expectant. Anxious to focus on Jesus… Lover of our souls…. Join us? Today’s reading: Isaiah 11:1-2 1And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:2And the spirit of the LORD shall rest u...
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moreJesse Tree Ornaments
On Monday, November 27 th, 2006A note and pictures from a kind Jesse Tree reader…. “The ornaments are from The Glorious Coming– a Jesse Tree Advent Celebration. You can’t see that they are thick–I used sticky foam between each layer. They really turned out nice, and we are excited to start!” And a question from another reader: “I was hoping to take ...
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moreJesse Tree Devotional
On Wednesday, November 15 th, 2006Thinking about Christmas and how to bring Christ into the center of your holy-days? Check out the beautiful website Advent for Evangelicals —- a growing resource of Christ-centered ideas to make this Christmas one where He gets all the glory. I have joined Lindsey at Advent for Evangelicals for an interview regarding The Glorious Coming: A Jesse Tree Adv...
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more~Jesse Tree: Journey~ (Day 24)
On Wednesday, January 18 th, 2006Today’s reading: Luke 2:1-5 “And Joseph also went up…along with Mary.” Jesse Tree: Journey It has been a breathtaking journey…from the very inception of life on Earth….to this, the bated-breath moments before His coming. Thousands of years, generations of people, all turned, waiting, ready for this breaking-forth, cosmic-shattering moment. And we have come ...
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~Jesse Tree: A Plan like no other~ (Day 24)
On Wednesday, January 18 th, 2006Today’s Reading: Matthew 1:18-25Jesse Tree:A Plan like no Other Joseph being a righteous man—and a carpenter—has a blueprint for a seemingly wise plan. But God pierces a midnight dream with blindingly light to tell righteous Joseph that his plan to quietly put Mary away isn’t a good one. Because he is betrothed to one carrying a baby who is unlike any other baby ever...
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moreOn Wednesday, January 18 th, 2006Believing the impossible with an open heart…(Jesse Tree Symbol Day 23)
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~Jesse Tree: Believing the impossible…on bended knee with an open heart~ (Day 23)
On Tuesday, January 17 th, 2006(Yes, it is mid-January and the ice rain is pelting against the window panes here…and all the Christmas lights are packed away. But in the midst of our Christmas sickness, I did not post the last few readings of the Jesse Tree…my humble apologies. Some folks inquired about using the readings for next year, so here are the final few days readings. And regardless ...
