“May the peace of God that passes all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.” These are words that have comforted generations of Christians, but I have often puzzled over them. How are we to pray for a peace we can not understand? Years ago I read a … Continue Reading
Christmas gives us 12 days to focus on heaven coming to Earth. Jesus descended to Earth and our hearts, eyes, and voices are lifted to heaven. We learn the living hope to which we are called as we are baptized in the water. We have faith … Continue Reading
Winter Solstice
This is not going to be one of those warm fuzzy articles that will tell you to embrace winter. My wife was from the South and over the years she convinced me that most of what we say about the wonder of winter is just so much whistling … Continue Reading
From the beginning, foretold in Genesis and proclaimed in the Old Testament, God announced the coming Messiah. Born among us, our God gave us His child. Jesus is the fulfillment of God’s promise to send a redeemer. Jesus was born to forgive our sins. We repent and … Continue Reading
