A friend send me this as her Christmas greeting today. I think it’s really good – so appropriate for where we are. I share it and pray, too, for a new, real, Holy Spirit-led unity, mercy, and grace to fall upon us. Something happened this year, I am not sureContinue Reading
1 Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck. 2 I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold. I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me. 3 I am worn out calling for help; my throat is parched. MyContinue Reading
Tonight I know two families who are waiting for loved ones to die. Both have been ill a long time, so being released from the physical problems of this world will be a blessing. Both have spouses that will grieve deeply. Both are believers. But Christmas is a strange timeContinue Reading
Joseph went from the Galilean town of Nazareth up to Bethlehem in Judah, David’s town, for the census. As a descendant of David, he had to go there. He went with Mary, his fiancée, who was pregnant. While they were there, the time came for her to give birth. SheContinue Reading
Stir up your power, come to save us, O Lord of hosts, restore us; let your face shine upon us that we may be saved. (Ps. 80:3, 4) Light of the world,You stepped down into darknessOpened my eyes let me seeBeauty that madeThis heart adore YouHope of a life spent withContinue Reading
O holy child of BethlehemDescend to us we prayCast out our sin and enter inBe born in us todayWe hear the Christmas angelsThe great glad tidings tellO come to us abide with usOur Lord Emmanuel 4-6John the Baptizer appeared in the wild, preaching a baptism of life-change that leads toContinue Reading
God, help us to look deeper this Advent and Christmas and to not let us get caught in a surface-deep understanding of Christmas. It came upon a midnight clear That glorious song of old From angels bending near the earth To touch their harps of gold Peace on the earth good willContinue Reading