Christmas: the Day After

It's not over, it's just beginning! Too often, we're too eager to leave Christmas in the rearview mirror. It's over. move on. time to gear up for the new year. Photo by Anthony Cantin on Unsplash But Christmas is not something to get past -- it's a Beginning!The beginning of Christ's Communion -- God with… Continue reading Christmas: the Day After

A Word to Cover Christmas

Shelter For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent; he will lift me high upon a rock.Psalm 27:5 ESV Shelter provides. Merriam-Webster's defines shelter as "something that covers or affords protection." It includes establishments providing food and a place to… Continue reading A Word to Cover Christmas

An Outrageous Word for Christmas

Scandalous. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.2Corinthians 5:21 ESV Preface.Perhaps for some of you, it’s scandalous I am still sitting in Christmas this New Years Day. For others, it’s the tradition of Epiphany, the twelve days of… Continue reading An Outrageous Word for Christmas

A Christmas Word of Wonder

Mystery "Can you fathom the mysteries of God? Can you probe the limits of the Almighty? They are higher than the heavens above -- what can you do? They are deeper than the depths below -- what can you know? Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea. ..."Job 11:7-9 NIV… Continue reading A Christmas Word of Wonder

A Word Rooted in Christmas

Give You may be wondering why a post about Christmas shows up two days after Christmas. Well, there is a reason. A roundabout reason of His current work in me, and a call to give additional time and attention to this Holy Season. It began with the Advent devotional by John Piper used in my… Continue reading A Word Rooted in Christmas