What can we bring to the Lord? Should we bring him burnt offerings? Should we bow before God Most High with offerings of yearling calves? Should we offer him thousands of rams and ten thousand rivers of olive oil? Should we sacrifice our firstborn children to pay for our sins?…
No one wants to get the call that their loved one has been arrested. This news is in a category far, far from bad news. And here we are. Jesus’ cousin John gets arrested. This fact opens the Gospel reading for this past Sunday, January 22nd. No…
Listen to me, you islands; hear this, you distant nations: Before I was born the LORD called me; from my mother’s womb he has spoken my name. He made my mouth like a sharpened sword, in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he made me into a…
I didn’t see it coming. We were approaching the middle of November. Our Christian Education director was talking about the upcoming Christmas pageant. Her thought never occurred to me. “I think your foster son should play baby Jesus.” A slight pause followed. “I mean he’s not a newborn,” she added…
