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Keeping Christ in Christmas in an Incarnational Way
“Keep Christ in Christmas” is a phrase many Christians repeat this time of year. It often comes from a real concern that Christmas is being emptied of its meaning. Yet the phrase itself raises…
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Happy Groundhog Day
Well… sort of. While the sheer absurdity of watching a groundhog predict the weather is certainly an amusing distraction (which I thoroughly enjoy), February 2 is also a lesser-known day in the liturgical calendar—Candlemas.…
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Arise
As we approach the foot of the cross this Good Friday, I invite you to reflect on the words of the hymn “Arise, My Soul, Arise” by Charles Wesley. I have been sitting with…
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Christ’s Mandate
For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it,…
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From Dust You Are and to Dust You Shall Return
Ash Wednesday is a compelling day in the Christian calendar, one I wish more churches would observe. It serves as a reminder of our flawed, frail, and fallible nature. We are broken but not…
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Book Review: Charismatic Christianity: Introducing Its Theology through the Gifts of the Spirit
Rarely do I find a book that evokes the warmth of a comforting hug or the familiarity of coming home. However, Helen Collins’s work, Charismatic Christianity: Introducing Its Theology through the Gifts of the…
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Created All Things
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was…
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Christmas 2020
And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” Luke 1:38 2020 was a year that no one expected, planned for, or wanted.…