Friday is for Heart Songs “We are a people who worship Jesus Christ. Let that sink in. For there are places in the world where that will get you killed. We don’t just admire Him, or follow Him, or swear allegiance to Him. We worship Jesus. We worship Him as the eternal, uncreated, omnipotent, all-wise … More Reminding the Heart of What Christmas is All About
Monday Reflection I love this post from my internet friend, insanitybytes22. I love her wit and I love her perspective on life. This particular post struck a chord in my soul. I too have a visceral distaste for whiners. But she is not just venting here. She is pointing us to the way of gratitude, to … More It’s Advent Season. Rejoice!
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”
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
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
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
Saturday Musings God’s ways are not ours. He delights in surprises. He seems to relish the unexpected. Christmas is filled with surprises, but perhaps the biggest one of all is the incarnation, God has taken on flesh. He has told us why and for almost 2000 years the world has fought against His plan. But … More Christmas Always Includes Good Friday and Easter
Part of the worship service this Sunday. In the madness that is our world at the moment, it is good to draw away and reflect on the greatness of Christmas and “good news of a great joy which shall be for all the people.” All people. Black, yellow, white and brown–all people–equally, before the King … More Celebrating Advent
Monday is for Discussion Another offering for the poetry project. We live in a post-resurrection world. We live in a world that has been radically changed by “the news of a great joy that will be for all the people” (Luke 2:10) and a Savior who rose from the dead (Luke 24:7). We live in … More A Psalm of David Reheard
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