Friday is for Heart Songs Luci Shaw is a gift. And so is her poetry. Here is one of her poems from the anthology published by Eerdmans in 2006. Enjoy and remember the wonder of what happened at Christmas. Made Flesh After the bright beam of hot annunciation fused heaven with dark earth his searing … More Made Flesh, “infinity walled in a womb”
Continued from Yesterday Yesterday, I posted (read it here) the first part of an excerpt from Dorothy Day’s essay on Luke 2:7. Here is part 2 of the very convicting and challenging meditation on the what it means to serve Christ in the world today. I have added a few links to give some information on … More Christ is Disguised (Part 2)
Christmas Eve 2014 Yesterday, while working on one of the Christmas messages, I refound a wonderful devotional in my files. For the next few days I am going to edit and excerpt it here. The source that I have is itself adapted from the book Little by Little: The Selected Writings of Dorothy Day. Day … More Christ is Disguised Under Every Type of Humanity that Treads the Earth
Tuesday is for Thinking Athletes are different. Exercise, strenuous exercise, is a driving passion in their lives. They love it. And whether they are elite athletes being paid high sums of money or weekend competitors trying to stay active, there are certain things that “they get.” Many of those things Christians don’t get. Enter this … More Five Things Athletes Know that Christians Don’t
Thursday is for Discipleship O Holy Night is a great song for corporate worship but a very difficult song for soloists to pull off. But’s its theology is worth the risk. Different artists have done covers, from Bing Crosby to Whitney Houston. Personally, I like this one by Josh Groban even though he changes some … More Another Hymn for Christmas Meditation
Wednesday is for Prayer There are times when only a Christmas hymn will suffice for clarity and beauty of doctrine proclaimed with joy. Here’s a classic example. There are multiple verses and whole chapters that could be summoned for every line of this hymn. Remember and remind your soul to bask in the wonder of … More Incarnation: God Infleshed — It Doesn’t Get Any More Profound
A Day Off Musing I posted a version of this on my FaceBook™ page and thought I would bring it over here for good measure. Part of my motivation is fueled by frustration. Some of my conservative friends think that conservatism is always right. They don’t listen to anyone who isn’t “conservative.” Some of my … More To My Liberal and Conservative Friends
Can you name five barriers to being close enough, long enough for effective modeling to occur? Read the post before the question: Is This the Apostle Paul’s Discipleship Process?.
Sunday Musings On Friday night, I had the privilege of sitting with one of my neighbors at the showing of The Nativity Story at Trinity Church. It is a very good movie, remarkable for Hollywood. It treats the birth of Christ with respect and gritty honesty. It does use some literary license in mostly innocuous … More Christmas Myths and Misconceptions
Sitting here watching the second half of the Army-Navy game and saw someone comment on this post from 2013. In honor of the game and my Navy veteran Dad, here’s a lesson on church growth from a naval episode in World War II. Misinformation is Deadly to Your Church.
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