Christmas

The paradox of an infant Savior and what it represents today

As 2019 and the Christmas season draws to a close, I find myself thinking about how many truths and principles exist as a paradox.  The first shall be last. The greatest is the servant. Love your enemy and do good to those who spite you. To me, the biggest paradox is that God chose to …

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Celebrating in the darkness is only possible when you know the Hero

I am going to repost this again, just because it seems like more people than ever are looking for hope this Christmas. Perhaps you, whoever you are, are wondering this: How can we reconcile celebration with everything that is happening? To me, the answer is simply because everything that’s wrong with the world illustrates how …

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Why we celebrate, even though the world is still falling apart

I am going to repost what I shared last Christmas, for the world still seems to be falling apart.  Most likely it always will.  This year, I think that different people would give completely different lists of what that looks like… which parts of things are falling apart and which are falling together. But then …

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Why we celebrate, even as the world falls apart around us

December 2016.  The once-great city of Aleppo, jewel of the Ottoman Empire and home to 2 million not all that long ago (think Houston, TX for size), is in its death throws as massive evacuations continue. In South America, Venezuela is in total upheaval after the most-used currency bill has suddenly been declared no longer valid, …

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The Love Language of Gifts: Gift-giving exposed

(In a post this past summer, I wrote a little about the Five Love Languages, as written about by Gary Chapman in The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts.  I explained how I found myself wondering if they apply to our relationship with God. This is the sixth of what turned out …

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