O come, O come, EmmanuelAnd ransom captive IsraelThat mourns in lonely exile hereUntil the Son of God appear […]
Category Archive: Advent
The temptation is always to believe that the threat of the Law will lead to anything but death, […]
A simple sentence in the middle of a psalm of lament. A sparkle of hope in the middle […]
You need this baby born in the midst of a pandemic, a teetering government, an angry mob, unstable […]
The ancient Hebrew prophets and the contemporary preacher have been tasked with the same proclamation: To those dwelling […]
Sure, many people celebrate a Christless Christmas, but no matter how hard the culture tries, the shadow of […]
“And it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man […]
Why is there jealousy, distrust, hurt and pain in these relationships? Why can there not just be peace? […]
“’Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy’, said the angel at the birth of our Savior. […]
“You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.” – Psalm 23 This Christmas you […]
“The grass withers, the flower fades,but the word of our God will stand forever.” Isaiah 40:8 “Here I […]
To the messed up tired anxious cold To the lonely you aren’t alone we wait together I can’t […]
Advent gives us the gift of lamentation and hope. How painful, then, is our refusal to participate. We […]
Santa causes suicide because when he is served to desperate people as the meaning of Christmas, the reason […]
The scary sense of God being in control of everything: that means God visits sickness and death upon […]
When trials and suffering crash into the promises of God we begin to doubt. We struggle with the […]
Magnified, sanctified Be thy holy name Vilified, crucified In the human frame A million candles burning For the […]
When God himself comes to us, then Advent truly begins to become real. When we see all our […]