The trouble with a ‘nice’ Christmas
Years ago, I received word that my Christmas Eve service was a little too gritty. Those weren’t Mindy’s exact words (and I’m using Mindy as her name here), but this thoughtful, faithful person made her point clearly: she wanted a blissful, beautiful Christmas complete with carols and candlelight. She…
Ask. Seek. Knock.
Three go-get-‘em verbs are ask, seek, and knock. We regularly hear about asking, seeking and knocking from life coaches and other well-intended, self-improvement minded, let’s-get-you-moving people. These three verbs also come from Jesus in two scriptures that are almost identical—Matthew 7 and Luke 11. In both texts, Jesus speaks…