Category advent

Christmas and the German Who Speaks Through Time

i’ve quoted Dietrich Bonhoeffer a number of times here, I featured some of his work during my advent series, and I can’t help but revisit him yet again. His words ring so clear as Christmas approaches, and his grasp of truth is timeless. We have selected from the Christmas story only the pleasant bits, forgetting […]

Catch Your Breath

Advent is here. And this time of year is busy, so busy, and it’s so easy to miss the “why”. It’s so easy to bustle and rush and stress and buy and give and forget. But we can’t; we can’t skim over the infant lying quietly amid cows and sheep. We can’t miss the God […]

24: And The End

Tomorrow we celebrate Christmas, the birth of the Christ, the long awaited Savior of the world. Faithful Israelites anticipated his coming, they longed for the promised Messiah. God in his faithfulness fulfilled what he had promised at the beginning of time, he sent his beloved Son to live perfectly and to die, to be the […]

23: Anticipate

Luke 2:30-32 For my eyes have seen Your salvation, Which You have prepared in the presence of all peoples, A Light of revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of Your people Israel.

22: Tradition and the Body

Leslie Murray was kind enough to write for this post. This lovely lady has one of the most humorous and compassionate perspective I know. May her words be an encouragement to unite as the body of Christ in worshiping our King. Tradition and the Body By Leslie Murray Sometimes I feel that Christians and the […]