Hearing The Angel Choir of Advent

by | Dec 19, 2021 | Uncategorized

At last we come to the fourth Sunday of Advent. If you’ve been following the full tradition and lighting candles around a wreath, today you light the final one, and create that beautiful staggered ring. Today we remember the angels.  Of course we started the...

Meet the Shepherds of Advent

by | Dec 12, 2021 | Uncategorized

Today we celebrate the third week of Advent, and the theme is JOY. As my kids were growing up, we focused on the Shepherds this weekend.  Typically we would take a shepherd figurine from a nativity set as the object lesson to focus the children’s attention. The...

I weep for the wasted years

by | Nov 21, 2021 | Uncategorized

I remember a sermon illustration from a number of years ago.  It’s stuck with me and to some extent haunted me.  I did some research and share it with you for similar effect. Francis Schaeffer founded a Christian community called “L’Abri” (the...

Is boycotting the black and orange the way?

by | Oct 27, 2021 | Uncategorized

What is the righteous response to a day celebrating evil and wickedness? After my email on Monday comes the very logical question.  Should good Christians opt out of Halloween? Looking at my own history (which I shared in the email), I have been on both sides of that...