Its the season of Advent—anticipating the celebration of Christmas. For a few short weeks each year, we try to be nicer people. This Christmas spirit of giving mirrors the grand Christmas story: to us a child is born, to us a son is given; for God so loved the world that he gave his son; […]
Remembering those who have little voice in a noisy and overly-abundant world–these words again… He was born to an unwed teenage girl Born in substandard housing He was first greeted by some of the most marginalized people in his culture. Under fear of death by a powerful politician, this boy and his family fled to […]
I love Christmas! It is a season full of meaning and expectation. Christmas is about the big and grand story that God cares so much about this world that he enters into this world in the person of Jesus in order to redeem it and transform it. “The Word became flesh, and entered into our […]
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life (John 3:16). We are very familiar with the verse. We are so familiar that we miss the wonder of the message: For God so loved the world that he […]
Make ready for the Christ, whose smile—like lightning—sets free the song of everlasting glory that now sleeps, in your paper flesh—like dynamite–Thomas Merton Come in your naked, newborn might. Come, with bolts of lightning hurled. Come in your flaming, burning power. Come, Lord Jesus, quickly come; Come speak in joy untamed and wild. –Madeleine L’Engle The […]