Advent Day 14: Wonderful Counselor
In one of the early Bugs Bunny cartoons, Elmer Fudd is unsuccessfully hunting the eponymous rabbit when Bugs breaks the fourth wall to speak to the viewer.
Continue ReadingAdvent Day 13: : Priest King
The nobility of Western Europe in centuries past ascribed to an idea known as the divine right of kings, which claims kings derive their authority from God, not the people.
Continue ReadingAdvent Day 12: Advocate
In the late 1970s, juvenile court Judge David W. Soukup realized that he was given the task of making a life-changing decision for a three-year-old child who had suffered from child abuse, but there was no one present in the courtroom available solely to speak on the child’s behalf.
Continue ReadingAdvent Day 11: Holy Spirit
Throughout the Bible, we see God’s Holy Spirit at work. He is often seen as wind, fire, or a cloud descending on or filling God’s chosen.
Continue ReadingAdvent Day 10: Everlasting Father
When Rick Hoyt was 15, he told his father that he wanted to participate in a benefit run for an athlete who had been paralyzed.
Continue ReadingAdvent Day 9: Alpha and Omega
Jeanne Calment was born in France in 1875. She survived two world wars, met Vincent van Gogh, and lived a generally leisurely lifestyle.
Continue ReadingAdvent Day 8: Shepherd
Psalm 23 is undoubtedly the most famous—and among the most beloved—of all the psalms. It is short, the prose is beautiful, and it is full of comforting imagery of God as a shepherd who takes care of us in the midst of the darkest valleys.
Continue ReadingAdvent Day 7: Lord of hosts
The Hebrew word translated here as “host” is sometimes translated as “army,” though in other contexts it can be translated as “everything.”
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