Whose Side?
2025 LCMC Advent Devotions
Scripture Text: Psalm 9:7–12
Series: Advent Devotions 2025
In today's video, we discuss oppression in the world and how it often enough comes from people and places we'd least expect.
The pastors of St. Paul's Lutheran Church share Pastor Julie Smith's Advent devotions for Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (LCMC). Julie, the LCMC Service Coordinator, has written these devotions for Monday through Saturday, December 1–24. Download the devotional PDF here.
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Rev. Dr. Mark E. Ryman has served as Pastor for St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Salisbury, NC, since 2021. Previously, Pastor Ryman served congregations in North Carolina and Ohio, as well as a call to specialized ministry with Sola Publishing.
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A really well written devotion and a good discussion. Oppression is obvious in (for example) Russia, Ukraine, Sudan etc. Closer to home I guess you could call it oppression when someone’s opinion is disregarded or poo poo’d because somebody else “knows better”. There was plenty of that going around prior to separating from our previous Lutheran body.
December 3, 2025 at 9:52am