When did his star stop
shining, in the night
what guided the wise men,
was there a night shadow
the light shining over their
shoulders
guiding them on their
journey
shining on their way home?
The story doesn’t say what
happened
to the star that brought
them, called them
to the infant’s bed, that
led them
to fall to their knees and
worship Him, this baby
We don’t know in fact, when
the star ceased to shine
maybe because it never did, still
shining, in our nights
the light grew, God
incarnate, the light come into the world
to shine hope, bringing
light, God’s voice, his love
into the darkness of that
time, this time too
The light growing, in
righteousness, in body
John, there, waiting too,
going into that wilderness
calling his people to turn,
repent, make ready the way
The light, living, walking
among the people
living, teaching, healing,
dying, that we might live
Rising, oh yes rising, sharing,
casting its light
placed on the mountain top, high
up on the lamp stand
the heavenly perch, down
too, within each beating heart
every believer a beacon, a
light, his light, sent like fireflies
into the summer night,
little bits of the one light
his star, still gleaming,
guiding our way in the darkness
edited January 9, 2014
After Epiphany – v2
January 6, 2009
After Epiphany
John 1:1-18
Matthew 2:1-12
Luke 1, Luke 2, Luke 3
the nativity in our breezeway window
still light up, the morning after Epiphany
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edited
January 6, 2014
Star
of peace – v2
January
8, 2013
Star
of peace
Epiphany Sunday
Matthew 2:1-12 (God’s WORD Translation)
Isaiah 60:1-6 (Common English Bible)
Ephesians3:1-12 (Common English Bible)
Worship
Theme: “The Light of Grace”
Call to
Worship
Unison
Prayer
Prayer of
Dedication
and
sermon – “Through the Eyes of Grace”
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
sermon blog
meditation blog
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
January
6, 2013
Epiphany
Sunday
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