Christmas Eve 2020 Hope and fear are powerful. Hope can sustain people through the most horrific moments of their lives. It is the thing that keeps them going despite the world falling apart around them. Hope is illogical. It believes against odds; it...
Advent Devotion - Week 4 - The Star Matthew 2:9-10 "After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. When they saw the star, they were overjoyed." Journeys, most...
The Longest Night Today is the Winter Solstice – the longest night of the year. There is more darkness on this day than any other day. This season can often be difficult for many reasons – we are grieving the loss of loved ones, the feeling of loneliness, difficult circumstances...
Luke 2:12 "This will be a sign for you: you will find a child wrapped in bands of cloth and lying in a manger.” I remember as a first-time mom feeling overwhelmed by the long list of items I needed to buy for oursoon-to-arrive, Dylan. There seemed to be far too many things to prepare...
Advent Devotion - Week 2 - The Shepherd's Staff Luke 2:8-11 That night there were shepherds staying in the fields nearby, guarding their flocks of sheep. Suddenly, an angel of the Lord appeared among them, and the radiance of the Lord’s glory surrounded them. They were...
Advent Devotion Week 1 - Angel Wings & Halos LUKE 1:26-2826 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The...
David Prowse died this week. You might not recognize the name [I do; but the man I know was a different individual, my Command Chaplain in Germany to whom I had to deliver the news that his son was killed by a drunk driver.]. For sure, you wouldn’t recognize his face. But for my...