John 3:16-21 Christmas is almost here! Have you gotten the message yet? I’m not talking about all the advertising for the last minute shopping deals. I’m not even referring to the well-intentioned but ultimately generic sentiment of spreading a little holiday cheer. I am speaking of THE message of Christmas. The existence of this worldwide […]

John 3:16-21 Christmas is almost here! Have you gotten the message yet? I’m not talking about all the advertising for the last minute shopping deals. I’m not even referring to the well-intentioned but ultimately generic sentiment of spreading a little holiday cheer. I am speaking of THE message of Christmas. The existence of this worldwide […]

John 1:9-14 There are now exactly ten days until Christmas. Does this news fill you with tidings of comfort and joy? Or does this announcement, in the face of what you still have left to accomplish leave you with a pit in your stomach wrapped around a bundle of stress? Has your childlike anticipation of […]

John 1:9-14 There are now exactly ten days until Christmas. Does this news fill you with tidings of comfort and joy? Or does this announcement, in the face of what you still have left to accomplish leave you with a pit in your stomach wrapped around a bundle of stress? Has your childlike anticipation of […]

John 3:9-15 Tis’ the season to believe. “Believe” is a word that is thrown around a bunch during these weeks of Advent. It’s plastered in big letters on festive banners decorating shopping mall parking lots in December. It’s the focal word captioning Christmas cards and ornaments. This singular word often stands alone on holiday coffee […]

John 3:9-15 Tis’ the season to believe. “Believe” is a word that is thrown around a bunch during these weeks of Advent. It’s plastered in big letters on festive banners decorating shopping mall parking lots in December. It’s the focal word captioning Christmas cards and ornaments. This singular word often stands alone on holiday coffee […]

John 3:4-8 Sometimes in the telling and retelling of a well-known story a character can get overlooked. This especially tends to happen when there are lots of players involved in the tale. The Christmas story is no exception. We know and recount the events leading up to the birth of Immanuel – God with us […]

John 3:4-8 Sometimes in the telling and retelling of a well-known story a character can get overlooked. This especially tends to happen when there are lots of players involved in the tale. The Christmas story is no exception. We know and recount the events leading up to the birth of Immanuel – God with us […]

John 3:1-3 With the arrival of Thanksgiving, the holiday season is officially underway. The countdown is on. We are about to run the gauntlet that begins with Black Friday through Cyber Monday and leads all the way to Christmas Eve through New Year’s Day. As the anticipated busyness of these next few weeks prepares to […]

John 3:1-3 With the arrival of Thanksgiving, the holiday season is officially underway. The countdown is on. We are about to run the gauntlet that begins with Black Friday through Cyber Monday and leads all the way to Christmas Eve through New Year’s Day. As the anticipated busyness of these next few weeks prepares to […]