Gifts of Christmas: Eternity
Well, we made it. Christmas day is just a few turns of the world away. Very possibly, you’ve already had a gathering or two with family, friends, or co-workers. Perhaps…
Category: 2019
Gifts of Christmas – Peace and Joy
The Christmas season often seems to have more turmoil than peace. There’s worry over gifts and shopping. Our schedules are roiled by programs, parties, and gatherings. And, of course, there’s…
Gifts of Christmas – Forgiveness
Christmas and mistakes go hand in hand. Like the time we bought the wrong gift for Uncle Harry. Or the time we said the wrong thing at the wrong time…
Hey Mister – A Christmas Tale
They say the process is unique. A machine, directed by a computer, changes molds on the fly so that each Snow Crystal Baby is one in a million. Random heads…
The Gift of Relationship
How many Hallmark Christmas movies must one watch before it feels like Christmas? Or how many Christmas songs must one hear? How many presents must one buy for the Spirit…
Gifts from God – A Meaningful Life
The drama and meaning of Christmas will always grab our attention. Its story will be retold many times between now and Christmas day. What I want to focus on in…
Building UP
There are parts of the Bible we tend to leap over. The lengthy geologies scattered throughout the text, for instance. There are also sections that no longer seem to apply.…
Love is Always the Right Answer
Everything dies. Entropy, the movement from order to disorder, is the nature of the universe. That’s a rather dark way of starting an article about agape love. But in 1…
Love Keeps Going
By Ben Hoerr – Over these last few weeks, we’ve been looking closely at what “Love is . . .” according to one definition found in 1 Corinthians 13. Today…
Love Hopes
Hope is a tricky thing. Sometimes hope is what keeps us going like a glimmer of light at the end of a long tunnel. But hope can also blind us…
Love Believes All Things
My wife, Betty, knows not to believe everything I say. It’s not because I lie or try to deceive her, but I do tend to joke and play with words.…
Love Endures All
We are all different. I know that is a shock to some of you. Each one is us is a unique, never to be repeated, complex stew of many factors.…