In a world desperately in need of good news and forlornly weary of platitudes we celebrate the coming of Immanuel—God with us—in the gift of Jesus Glory to God in the highest! Well, yes, but what about us in the lowest? If it doesn’t work for the whole world and all of reality, does it …
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GOD AS BABY!
When you held your first-born baby, or grandchild, or any infant, you probably did not think, “This is how God was!” C.S. Lewis famously noted that the greatest miracle of Christianity is not the resurrection but the incarnation. If you can accept that God became a baby, the resurrection should not be a problem. The …
TERROR, REFUGEES, AND THE MESSIAH WE WELCOME 👣
In December of 2012, Lavone and I were in Bethlehem on what is called Manger Square as the town prepared for its annual lighting of the Christmas tree that marks the official beginning of the Christmas season. The irony of this did not escape us: at or near “ground zero” for the first Advent, are …
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Jesus, I.S. and Terror
We’ve just celebrated the first Advent of our Lord, and in the New Year we wait for the Second Advent. The Heavy lifting has been done. The child born … finally said, “It is finished!” Then, on the third day he was not there but he was here, with us, still Immanuel. God with us, …
All We Got was Jesus!
We decided that we wouldn’t give each other gifts this year. There were good reasons. For one, we already have a lot. In fact, most everything we could want, within reason, we have. Then, also, we have just moved to a new place, in a sense giving ourselves a new home. Finally and more importantly, …