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Our devotion for today’s commemoration comes from The Mother of the Reformation: The Amazing Life and Story of Katharine Luther.

As we commemorate Adam and Eve today, we read about creation in an excerpt from In the Beginning, God: Creation from God’s Perspective.

We focus on the Gospel of the day and take our devotion from a sermon in Concordia Pulpit Resources.

Today’s devotion focuses on the Old Testament Reading from Isaiah 40, and comes from God’s Love at Christmas: Resources for Advent–Christmas Preaching and Worship.

For today’s commemoration, we read about the life of Nicholas in an excerpt from Saint Nicholas: The Real Story of the Christmas Legend.

The text for our devotion on the First Sunday in Advent is the Old Testament Reading, and we read an excerpt from Luther’s Works, Volume 17.

On the Feast of St. Andrew today, we read a Portals of Prayer devotion about Andrew’s selflessness in sharing the Gospel with others.

As we remember the godly man Noah, we read about the flood story in an excerpt from The Flood.

Our devotional reading as we commemorate Clement of Rome comes from A Year with the Church Fathers.

For today’s devotion, we focus on this Sunday's Gospel—the parable of the talents—and read an excerpt from Life of Jesus: Parables.