Only Jesus!
An anonymous author made this striking comparison: "Socrates taught for 40 years, Plato for 50, Aristotle for 40, and Jesus for only 3. Yet the influence of Christ's 3-year ministry…
An anonymous author made this striking comparison: "Socrates taught for 40 years, Plato for 50, Aristotle for 40, and Jesus for only 3. Yet the influence of Christ's 3-year ministry…
Advent is an intentional season of “preparedness.” We think of Advent as a “journey,” to use Oprah Winfrey’s favorite word. We think of Advent as a progressive path we take in order…
It is a story that taxes our imagination—this story of God taking human flesh, of God becoming one with us. Who but God would choose to enter human life in…
Do you feel insecure as we go through this Advent season? You do if your marriage is less than solid. You do if your job is at risk. You might…
You may remember the humorist Sam Levinson. Sam tells the story of the birth of his first child. The first night home the baby would not stop crying. His wife…
Many people today see public life as an amoral struggle for profit and power and relegate morality to the shadowy realm of private choice and "lifestyles." What we need is…
African American poet Langston Hughes asks a question in one of his poems, “What happens to a dream deferred?…Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?…Or does it explode?” …
If you are comfortable in this world that we live in, then I encourage you to ignore Advent. Christmas is the holiday for you. Waiting and hoping throughout Advent is…
The relationship between Jesus and John the Baptist is one of the most touching stories in the New Testament. Relatives and devoted friends, their mothers had spent about six months visiting together immediately before…
Here is a version of the 23rd Psalm that ought to be read each day during Advent….. The lord is my pace setter . . . I shall not rush.…