John 15:9-16 The holiday season is coming to a close. The Christmas turkey and New Year’s ham have long been eaten. Christmas decorations are being put away in the attic, safe until next December. Christmas cards that were filled with family newsletters and photos...
John 14:6-14 We live in such a visual world! Technology is shifting our preferences from verbal and written communication to the video snapshots found on YouTube and other digital channels. Smartphones bring that digital world to our fingertips. When events happen all...
Matthew 2:7-11 The first gift that the magi presented to the Christ Child was not gold, frankincense, or myrrh; it was nothing material. Rather, it was their act of worship; they knelt and paid him homage. In Frederick Buechner’s book, Wishful Thinking: A Theological...
Isaiah 11:1-11 Fannie May and Ryburn Stancil were straight-laced and proper even by 1950’s standards. He was pastor of Fieldale Baptist Church and she was his partner in ministry in the truest sense of the word. Although they looked like a boring couple, they had...
Matthew 2: 12 At Christmas time, many ordinary things are made extraordinary. Shepherds are honorable guests, a manager becomes a crib, and the birth of a child is the gift of hope and salvation to the whole world. The Magi were able to see an ordinary night sky and...
Psalm 98:1-9 This Psalm is one of praise to God in anticipating the coming of the Divine One. Praising…You may have a song that you find yourself humming, or you might have a song that you love to sing along with another one. Take this a step further, and you may hear...
