Jesus humbled himself and became a man. (A baby first, of course!) With the celebration of his arrival on earth in human likeness, I thought I'd share (again) a couple of Christmas songs I wrote a year or two or three ago. My hope is that they will encourage worship!

How would you finish this sentence?

"You can't have Christmas without..."

I asked some middle schoolers to fill in this blank and got all kinds of answers. A few got the right answer. Did you?

Inspired by Tom Whitwell - I'll tell you about him - I offer you a list of things - some silly and some not - I learned this year. Since I didn't take notes throughout the year, some of these things might have been learned in another year. I just know I learned them fairly recently.

What do you as a believer need to do in order to gain wisdom? What can you do to double check what you want against what God wants?

What are you most thankful for today? I posed this question to a cafeteria full of middle school students the other day. How would you answer? See how your response compares with theirs.

"In the stars his handiwork I see..."

Recent news about Voyager 1 set me to thinking about the greatness of our God and the vastness of what he's made and what he sustains.

What a local barista said after I'd ordered in the drive-thru got me to thinking about what's most on point for me as a believer.

I've noticed a trend on social media which bothers me. People who love Jesus are misusing God's word to further their political agenda or demean the candidate they dislike. This bothers me greatly and I'll tell you why.

If you're looking for a direct political statement for or against a certain candidate during this (2024) election cycle, this is not the episode for you. If you want to gain a bit of godly perspective, perhaps this will be 4:00 well spent.