A Message for Giving Tuesday

We at 1517 are utterly committed to keeping the main thing, the main thing.

This advent we will take a closer look at the four names given to Christ by the prophet Isaiah in Isaiah Chapter 9. For Christ is not only Immanuel, or God with us, but he is also Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace. His rule is not what the Israelites of Isaiah's day, the Jews throughout Jesus' life, nor even we today, expect. He comes to us as a servant and as a child and yet more wonderful, mighty, everlasting, and princely than we could imagine.

Freedom is the opposite of woe-dom. We must remind ourselves and teach our children that God's voice is the voice that matters.

John is not the Light; he is the servant sent to bear witness to the light.