Day 28 — Saturday, December 24, 2022

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
Revelation 1:8


During the fourth century, A.D., orthodox theology was fighting for its life against attacks by heretical perspectives. 

One of the most prominent heresies was propagated by Arius (c. 250–336), who claimed that God the Father and the Son did not co-exist throughout eternity. The heresy stated that before His incarnation, Jesus was created by God and therefore Jesus did not exist throughout all time. Arius believed that Jesus was a created being that, though divine, was not equal to the Father.

Even back in the 4th century A.D., poetry and music reflected and voiced current issues of society. “Of the Father’s Love Begotten” is a poem written by Aurelius Clemens Prudentius (348–c. 413), intended to contradict the heretical thought that Arius had begun. Christian hymns like his have been used for polemical purposes throughout history.

From the first line of stanza one, “Of the Father’s Love Begotten” (“Corde natus ex parentis ante mundi exordium” — literally “Born from the parent’s heart before the beginning of worlds [time]”) Prudentius sets forth the argument that the Son has always been, is always and will always be with God and us. 

Of the Father’s love begotten,
Ere the worlds began to be,
He is Alpha and Omega,
He the source, the ending he
Of the things that are, that have been
And that future years shall see,
Evermore and evermore.

This is perhaps the oldest hymn that congregations sing. By the time it arrived in a  hymnal, it had traveled an amazing journey through 17 centuries and at least four countries: a Latin poem from a Catholic Spanish poet in the fourth century, a tune from Italy in the 11th century, a translation from an Anglican in 19th-century England and a harmonization in the 20th century by an American Episcopal musician.

The stanzas that give this poem a decidedly Advent/Christmas character are from stanza 3:

O that birth for ever blessed
When the Virgin, full of grace,
By the Holy Ghost conceiving
Bore the Savior of our race,
And the babe, the world’s redeemer,
First revealed his sacred face,
Evermore and evermore.

In our text from Revelation 1:8,  Jesus refers to Himself as the “Alpha and Omega, who is to come,” the One who promises to return to make all things new. “Of the Father’s Love Begotten” is a testimony to what Christmas is really all about: the Creator loves His creation so much that He came to rescue and redeem it and to make all things new. He promises to come again and restore His creation.

This is no small promise. It is a promise from the Lord and Savior of all, who promises that we will live with him forever in the new heaven and earth.

So even though our world may have seemed broken back in the 4th century A.D., and seems just as broken today, we have hope.

Wherever you are, whatever you are experiencing on this Christmas Eve, the hope of Jesus’ coming is for you. Ours is the world Jesus came to heal and restore. 

“Of the Father’s love begotten” is a hymn for all times and all ages that will be sung “evermore and evermore.”

Come, Lord Jesus.

Jim DeBoer is an adjunct associate professor of music at Hope College and the director of the Awakening Institute.

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Day 27 — Friday, December 23, 2022

Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages but has now been disclosed and through the prophetic writings has been made known to all nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith — to the only wise God be glory forevermore through Jesus Christ! Amen.
Romans 16:25–27


Our Advent passage today is a grammarian’s delight. These final verses in the book of Romans make up one long, convoluted sentence packed full of subordinate clauses, just waiting for someone to unpack in a sentence diagram. 

For those who shudder at this thought, these verses can be summed up with a simple: To God be glory!

In these past weeks of Advent, we’ve waited with great anticipation for the birth of the Christ child and for the light that has already come. As we get ready to transition from Advent to the story of Christ’s birth and the Christmas season, this passage gives us a beautiful overview of the entire Biblical story and God’s plan for salvation. 

It’s like a book or movie review with spoilers.

As controversial as this might sound, I love spoilers. In fact, to the annoyance of my family members, I often look up what’s going to happen in a book or TV show or movie. Rather than taking away from my enjoyment, I argue that knowing the ending actually enriches my overall experience as a reader or viewer.

Our passage today reminds us that though we are still waiting and stumbling in the darkness, we know the end of the story. Everything we need for salvation and a righteous life has been given to us in Christ. What was once a mystery and previously hidden has now been revealed and made known to all nations. Christ has fulfilled the law through his life and death; faith in Him allows us to be righteous before God.

Paul’s words remind us of who we are and what we are called to do as participants in God’s redemption story. During this season of Advent and beyond, when the brokenness in our world and in my own life seems overwhelming, I need this simple reminder again and again.

To God be glory!

Dr. Deborah Van Duinen is the Arnold and Esther Sonneveldt Associate Professor of Education at Hope College.

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Day 26 — Thursday, December 22, 2022

For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus, that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.

For I tell you that Christ became a servant to the circumcised to show God’s truthfulness, in order to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs, and in order that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written,

“Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles,
and sing to your name.”

And again it is said,

“Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people.”

And again,

“Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles,
and let all the peoples extol him.”

And again Isaiah says,

“The root of Jesse will come,
even he who arises to rule the Gentiles;
in him will the Gentiles hope.”

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
Romans 15:4–13


Christ is the great unifier. Imagine the strange attack the first-century Jews must have felt at the inclusion of the Gentiles. There was the slavery to Egyptians, exiles in Babylon, the endless wars, the Greeks have come and gone, and don’t forget the Maccabees and their fight to maintain the true faith. Now the Romans are a domineering presence throughout Israel. Christ comes, the Messiah, and establishes “the way” and, for some reason, it includes the Gentiles after this history of adversity? What about the whole chosen people thing? How can the historic injustices be ignored?

Paul must illustrate that “whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction… ” Paul, the persecutor of the church, becomes the envoy to and defender of the Gentiles. Paul reveals that Isaiah’s words are not foretelling a conqueror like Alexander, but rather the slow growth of the church that the “Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy.”

Christ is coming into a fractured world, both in the first century and in this twenty-first century. A world dominated by power and might for millennia, and He comes armed with mercy and love. Tribes and nations have subsumed and consumed others in the past, but rarely were they united. The baby about to be born in Bethlehem is the ultimate uniter. Christ always defies our earthly expectations. Christ was supposed to be a political messiah. He was supposed to be the earthly king of the Jews. Instead “… Christ became a servant to the circumcised to show God’s truthfulness, in order to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs, and in order that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy.”

Through him, every tribe and tongue will become one church. Is there a more hopeful message than that? You no longer need to fear your neighbor; you need to love your neighbor.

I am writing this on the shortest day of the year. In the darkness of winter. How many people all around the world all through the ages have felt the hopelessness of this literally dark day? Instead of darkness and hopelessness, we are about to have a festival of lights. I get to praise God in this darkness and say:

“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.”

What honor is this? What grace is this? What light is this? What child is this?

Greg Lookerse is an assistant professor of art at Hope College.

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Day 25 — Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophecies, but test everything; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil.

Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it.
1 Thessalonians 5:18–24


“Give thanks in all circumstances” 

Each fall I have the privilege of teaching more than 200 students in Health Dynamics. Many of them are freshmen who are experiencing the typical highs and lows that accompany the first semester of college. This fall was no different, with many of them expressing how “stressed” they were. I shared with my students the idea of actively practicing gratitude as a means of dealing with stress. We give thanks to the Lord each day, but what about the people in our lives? What about when we aren’t feeling especially grateful?

“Give thanks in all circumstances”

I’ve begun the practice of writing letters of gratitude. I write to those who have assisted in my professional development. The friends I’ve known for years. The family with whom I am closest. This practice has had a profound impact on me. I’ve discovered that when I’m feeling the least grateful is when it is most important to practice expressing gratitude. I shared this with my Health Dynamics students and encouraged them to find their own outlet for expressing gratitude. To develop this into a daily habit. 

“Give thanks in all circumstances… do not quench the Spirit… hold fast what is good.”

GK Chesterton writes: 

“You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before the play and pantomime, and grace before I open a book, and grace before sketching, painting, swimming, fencing, boxing, walking, playing, dancing and grace before I dip the pen in the ink.”

During this season of Advent, may we focus on expressing gratitude in our hearts, focusing it in our minds, and expressing it in our actions.

Brian Rider is an associate professor of kinesiology and the director of the Health Dynamics program at Hope College.

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Day 24 — Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Oh sing to the LORD a new song,
for he has done marvelous things!
His right hand and his holy arm
have worked salvation for him.
The LORD has made known his salvation;
he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations.
He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness
to the house of Israel.
All the ends of the earth have seen
the salvation of our God.

Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth;
break forth into joyous song and sing praises!
Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre,
with the lyre and the sound of melody!
With trumpets and the sound of the horn
make a joyful noise before the King, the LORD!

Let the sea roar, and all that fills it;
the world and those who dwell in it!
Let the rivers clap their hands;
let the hills sing for joy together
before the LORD, for he comes
to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness,
and the peoples with equity.
Psalm 98


Today’s text reaches quite grandiose heights. God’s victory has been made known, not just to Israel, not just to the nations, but throughout all creation. “All the earth” is to make a joyful noise. Lest one think the psalmist simply means “all people” he goes on to speak of the sea, and all within it, and the world and all who dwell in it. The rivers should clap and the hills sing. The victory that God has accomplished has been made known to “all the ends of the earth.”

If we are honest, however, this victory does not always feel so present, so visible. The loved one still has cancer. The cloud of loneliness and depression has not dissipated. The important relationship is still broken. None of us need to look very far, but if we then allow ourselves to reflect on problems facing our communities, or humanity, or the creation itself, we might be justified in wondering what it is precisely that the ends of the earth have seen. The theme of this year’s Advent devotional, “light has come,” is a reference to the prologue of the gospel of John. As the theologian Nicholas Lash observes, “the prologue does not say, however, that we live in sunshine, but that darkness has not overcome the light.”

If we look again at Psalm 98, in the final stanza the psalmist makes an interesting shift. It is not simply that God’s victory has been made known. The rivers and hills rejoice because the Lord is coming to judge the earth with righteousness and equity. He is coming. In Advent we learn to wait. We learn to live in spaces where righteousness and equity have not been fully realized, spaces not of sunshine, but nevertheless, places where light has come, because he is coming.

Dr. Angela Carpenter is an assistant professor of religion at Hope College.

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Day 23 — Monday, December 19, 2022

But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
Titus 3:4–7


Upon my 16th birthday, my parents drove me to the DMV to obtain my driver’s license. The nerve-wracking hours of navigating cones and roadways in that large 1980s Caprice Classic station wagon, the intense book study of rules/regulations… my eyes were on the prize of freedom. Until I heard the words, “You’ve failed your vision test.” How could this be? I did all that was asked. I completed all of the work! 

Soon to be revealed, was that my vision of the world was actually too small. A later visit to the eye doctor literally opened my eyes to a world beyond myself. The 1s or 2s, the 3s or 4s on the dials uncovered details around the exam room I was unaware of. The light filtering through my new contacts brought clarity to office woodgrains and wallpaper design to tree leaves and tulip petals outside the windowpane. Always there, but not experienced fully.

In a world of darkness, humanity longs for light. It longs for a Savior to be revealed and filter creation in a new light, making it whole… on earth as it is in heaven…

God’s gracious gift of hope and eternal life through the birth of Jesus brings us such transformation. This immeasurably more “regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit” is lavishly poured upon us, refining and purifying us into his likeness. He siphons to the surface our brokenness, our blindness, in order for full healing to transcend. A merciful work no human alone could ever attain. 

The light has come! Filtering this world through his light and love, calling upon his Spirit daily, we are able to see his presence clearly in all of creation and circumstance… through every Advent candle and Christmas light, to sunrise, sunset, and rainbow. What amazing grace! I was blind but now I see!

Rajean Wolters is assistant to the dean for the arts and humanities at Hope College.

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Day 22 — Sunday, December 18, 2022

The LORD reigns, let the earth rejoice;
let the many coastlands be glad!
Clouds and thick darkness are all around him;
righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
Fire goes before him
and burns up his adversaries all around.
His lightnings light up the world;
the earth sees and trembles.
The mountains melt like wax before the LORD,
before the Lord of all the earth.

The heavens proclaim his righteousness,
and all the peoples see his glory.
All worshipers of images are put to shame,
who make their boast in worthless idols;
worship him, all you gods!

Zion hears and is glad,
and the daughters of Judah rejoice,
because of your judgments, O LORD.
For you, O LORD, are most high over all the earth;
you are exalted far above all gods.

O you who love the LORD, hate evil!
He preserves the lives of his saints;
he delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
Light is sown for the righteous,
and joy for the upright in heart.
Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous,
and give thanks to his holy name!
Psalm 97

The woman in my watch interrupted a private conversation between my husband and me to complain: “I don’t understand what you’re saying.” Apparently, she needed me to speak more slowly or use smaller words. It is no secret that the tech gods are listening to and recording almost everything we say and do, but to what end? Do they intend to judge us for crossing them, for not succumbing to their lordship? Well, good luck with that.

The reality is, if we harnessed all the power of all the rulers of this world and their minions — past, present, and future — they could not move a puff of vapor, not without God’s permission.

Today, when you choose whom you will worship, look up. Choose God: the Creator of life, who grieves the shedding of innocent blood; the Lord, before whom mountains melt like wax; the Judge who is justice, who is righteousness, who does not wrap depravity in virtue and call it good but delivers us from it; the King, whose foes — all of them — are consumed by fire; the Holy One, whose holiness demands, and whose mercy has provided, payment for sin; your gentle Father, who loves you because he loves you because he loves you. 

Jesus suffered the eternal horrors of God’s wrath against sin — our sin — because of his uncontainable love for every human being. The psalmist calls us today to hear and rejoice, to hate evil, and to praise his holy name. The Most High God guards our lives and delivers us from the grip of the wicked. He is exalted far above all other gods; false gods and those who worship them will be put to shame and come to nothing. So look up, and do not fear. God is on his throne, and heaven is on the horizon.

JoHannah Smith is project editor at the Van Raalte Institute of Hope College.

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Day 21 — Saturday, December 17, 2022

On your walls, O Jerusalem,
I have set watchmen;
all the day and all the night
they shall never be silent.
You who put the LORD in remembrance,
take no rest,
and give him no rest
until he establishes Jerusalem
and makes it a praise in the earth.
The LORD has sworn by his right hand
and by his mighty arm:
“I will not again give your grain
to be food for your enemies,
and foreigners shall not drink your wine
for which you have labored;
but those who garner it shall eat it
and praise the LORD,
and those who gather it shall drink it
in the courts of my sanctuary.”

Go through, go through the gates;
prepare the way for the people;
build up, build up the highway;
clear it of stones;
lift up a signal over the peoples.
Behold, the LORD has proclaimed
to the end of the earth:
Say to the daughter of Zion,
“Behold, your salvation comes;
behold, his reward is with him,
and his recompense before him.”
And they shall be called The Holy People,
The Redeemed of the LORD;
and you shall be called Sought Out,
A City Not Forsaken.
Isaiah 62:6–12


We all want to be included. The drive for belonging is so strong that FOMO (fear of missing out) is a term we’ve added to our everyday language. As people post more and more of what they do on social media, it makes us stop and wonder. Why didn’t they invite me? They seem to have so many friends. Why don’t I? Look at all the fun they are having. Why is my life so hard? Am I missing out on the best life has to offer?

God’s people in Isaiah’s time wondered the same thing. Life was tough. Enemies threatened and surrounded them. Other nations had strength, power, and wealth, something the Israelites had at one time when God seemed to be on their side. When they looked at the other nations and saw what they were lacking, “Zion said, ‘The Lord has forsaken me; my Lord has forgotten me’” Isaiah 49:14.

When life is hard, it’s easy to wonder if God has forgotten us. We can feel like we are missing out and start to question his goodness. God’s people, who felt abandoned by him, must have leaped for joy when He promised that they would be called the “Redeemed of the Lord,” “Sought Out,” and a “City Not Forsaken.”

This is the message of Christmas. Jesus came so that we could belong to him forever. He left heaven to enter our world and our human experience. As the sinless Son of God, he invites us to bring the burden of our sin and brokenness and lay it on him. He offers to take our sin and give us the gift of new life in exchange. 

He seeks after us and longs for us to come to Him. He doesn’t want anyone to miss out on the salvation He gives. At Christmas, as we give gifts, let’s not forget that he gives us the best gift, the gift of belonging to him.

Cheryl Wunderlich is the philanthropy writer for Hope College’s Office of Philanthropy and Engagement.

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Day 20 — Friday, December 16, 2022

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.
Titus 2:11–14


While the Apostle Paul exhorts us toward the “blessed hope” of Jesus, a truthful look inward often reveals how little we really expect of God. Nothing throws that into relief quite like the holidays. Precisely because the coming of Christmas is all about joyful expectation, this “most wonderful” time of the year makes our struggle to hope in God more acute. In short, hope hurts more because this is a time of year we are supposed to be hoping and happy, and not hurting.  

No wonder self-sabotage at this time of year ramps up quickly. We easily eat or drink too much, we try to buy our way into our loved ones’ lives through gifts, we work hard to make up for all the days we worked too much, we give ourselves to bad relationships with people and things because it means, at least, relationship with something. Below the surface of our put-together exteriors, we know that our lives can be ungodly and out of control. But here, too, lie the deep wants, wishes, hopes, and needs of our hearts. We would do anything to have God meet us in these places. If God would bring us redemption here, we know it would be like being a kid on Christmas morning all over again. It might even be better. But we tend to believe this is too much to ask for, even at Christmas. Too much to hope for, even for God.

Friends, this is a lie told straight from the kingdom of darkness. The season of Advent stands against this lie. Hope is not impossible, but hope is humbling. Hope is vulnerable. God’s hope for all things in the universe comes to us as a baby. The original-edition Christmas morning wasn’t cozy, shiny, and well-wrapped. It was a smelly, dank, exhausted affair resulting from childbirth outside where animals were kept. Advent “trains” us toward this hope.

When the Church celebrates Advent year in and year out, we celebrate God journeying to meet us where we are. God means to rule our world, our lives, and our hearts, even in the gritty and tender places we keep hidden. Even in the places where we feel so hopeless that we can’t admit it to ourselves.

Dr. Andy McCoy is the director of the Center for Ministry Studies and an associate professor of ministry studies at Hope College.

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Day 19 — Thursday, December 15, 2022

The people who walked in darkness
have seen a great light;
those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness,
on them has light shone.
You have multiplied the nation;
you have increased its joy;
they rejoice before you
as with joy at the harvest,
as they are glad when they divide the spoil.
For the yoke of his burden,
and the staff for his shoulder,
the rod of his oppressor,
you have broken as on the day of Midian.
For every boot of the tramping warrior in battle tumult
and every garment rolled in blood
will be burned as fuel for the fire.
For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given;
and the government shall be upon his shoulder,
and his name shall be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Of the increase of his government and of peace
there will be no end,
on the throne of David and over his kingdom,
to establish it and to uphold it
with justice and with righteousness
from this time forth and forevermore.
The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.
Isaiah 9:2–7


Upon the shoulder of the infant Jesus, dominion rests. Isaiah later declares, “your name and your memory are the desire of our souls” (26:8). And indeed His names and titles are wondrous: Wonder-Counselor, God-Hero, Father-Forever, Prince of Peace. How far such glory seems from an impoverished birth in a Bethlehem cave. The newborn, sovereign king who is destined to rule all the nations in glory is surrounded by animals and laid in a wooden manger. Even more stark is the contrast of the full-grown Jesus dying on the cross, crowned by thorns, and abandoned by his apostles. 

And yet the road to glory is the way of the cross. Jesus conquered sin and suffering and death only by accepting them out of love for us. That way of the cross is foreshadowed in the wooden manger of Bethlehem. But by His dying He destroyed our death and by His rising He restored our life. That is the real hope and treasure and glory of Christmas. 

Several years ago a cousin of mine, only a few years older than myself, died suddenly from a long-standing medical issue and was buried just three days before Christmas. A very natural instinct would be to think that Christmas was ruined. But in a brief moment of inspiration, I thought, “Thank God it’s Christmas. Thank God that death is not the end of all things.” If we really think about it, for Christians it is the knowledge of the resurrection that has always been at the heart of Christmas hope.

Mild He lays His glory,
Born that man no more may die,
Born to raise the sons of earth, 
Born to give them second birth.
Hark! The herald angels sing:
“Glory to the newborn king!”

Fr. Nicholas Monco, O.P., is chaplain of the Saint Benedict Institute, serving Hope College.

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