Crisis is everywhere. Wars and famine. Sickness and death. How does the greatest crisis in ancient Israel's history prepare us to deal with crisis? And how does it prepare us to receive the good news about Jesus of Nazareth?

The potatoes have been "mashed", the turkey "gobbled", the eggs "nogged" and your pants have mysteriously "shrunk"! Time to dust off the old gym membership for a little "reduction therapy" some refer to as bodybuilding. But what about some "embody-building"? We'll have a look at Colossians 3:1-17 for some encouragement and challenge as we follow Jesus into the New Year.

Love is everywhere. It's the main theme of most movies, books, and songs. We like love. We might even love love. If it's true that God Himself is the source of all love, how can we experience this as more than an abstract concept?

Christmas is a time where youre supposed to feel joy. But what if joy feels far away and absent from your life? What then? As we reflect on the arrival of Jesus from Isaiah 12, we find there is a path to joy for the joyless.

Despite our best advancements in areas like technology and psychology, humans seem to be more anxious and less at peace than ever before. As we celebrate the arrival of peace this Advent season, how does God imagine peace invading creation?

We often associate hope with the happy, the optimistic, and the enthusiastic. What happens when we lack the emotional capacity for this kind of hope? Isaiah 9 offers a window into a hope that endures regardless of our circumstances.

Every move of God has a story. In each story, the Spirit works in ways that are both similar and unique. By looking at these tales of revival in Scripture, we become able to grasp what God may be wanting to do in our midst today.

Tales of Revival: When the Spirit Comes

Mark 1:29-37 shows a moment in Jesus ministry where the work load seems overwhelming. Its busy seasons like this in our lives that we often forget or set aside our time with the Lord. In this passage we see that it is in these seasons when we need to fight the hardest to sit with our God.

Every move of God has a story. In each story, the Spirit of God works in ways that are

both similar and unique. By looking at the tales of revival in Scripture, we can grasp

what God may be wanting to do in our midst today.