Broken and Vulnerable People
The entire purpose of Jesus becoming human and making his home among us is summarized in the passage from Isaiah read by Jesus.
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Children massacred. Mothers grieving. Families displaced. Tyrants enraged. Merry Christmas!
Continue ReadingA Tale of Two Kings
Matthew 2 points to the intrigue and suspicion that often was a part of life among the inhabitants of the King’s retinue.
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John, full of judgment, rebukes the presumptuous, righteous Jew who felt their heritage guaranteed their salvation.
Continue ReadingJesus Came to Earth to Shine
In The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C. S. Lewis, the Pevensie children undertake a harrowing sail into “smooth, solid blackness.”
Continue ReadingFrom Anxiety to Hope
I recently read that it is biologically impossible to feel anxiety and sing at the same time.
Continue ReadingVulnerability Among Friends
A friend of Philip Yancey’s once described to him the difference between a church service and an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.
Continue ReadingTwo Turtledoves
From the start, we see that Mary and Joseph are doing everything in their power to follow the Law first passed down in the days of Moses.
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