The Church speaks not with the cleverness of men, but with the breath of God.
06/26/25
I always imagined dying a faithful death for Christ would mean burning at the stake. Now, I suspect it will mean dying in my bed of natural causes.
06/25/25
How many times in our lifetime must we sigh, floundering through this world with our sins, sorrows, struggles, frustrations, fears, and foes?
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12/29/20
Christmas-time is the bold proclamation that God was born to save sinners.
12/28/20
God has forgiven us our trespasses in Christ Jesus and it is his grace that begins the transformation process making us into little forgivers.
12/25/20
This story of despair met with the hope of the gospel is rightly told by many during the holiday season.
12/24/20
We’ve hung on every whisper of hope that this way of life would end and a new one would rise to take its place.
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12/23/20
The incarnate Son of God makes ordinary events extraordinary by making them events that factor into our salvation.
12/23/20
This Jesus, Savior of sinners, does not do his work from afar. He comes to dwell with us, humbling himself, taking on flesh, that we might be redeemed.
12/23/20
People do not seek the gospel because they want to, but because God’s Word drives them to it.
12/23/20
On each of the seven days leading up to Christmas Eve (December 17-23), Chad Bird will provide a meditation that focuses on the ancient “O Antiphons,” each of which addresses Christ by a different Old Testament name. Today’s reflection, the last of this series, is on “O Emmanuel.”
12/22/20
The miracle of the gift of faith is very much like the Christmas star. It came without invitation. It came without our deciding to accept it. It came without us choosing to believe it was true.
12/22/20
On each of the seven days leading up to Christmas Eve (December 17-23), Chad Bird will provide a meditation that focuses on the ancient “O Antiphons,” each of which addresses Christ by a different Old Testament name. Today’s reflection, the sixth in the series, is on “O King of the Nations.”
12/21/20
The Christmas King is the Son-of-God-King who stands as a forever reminder that as God, he is powerfully and eternally for us. Yet, this same King, who is also from David’s human offspring, is our human Brother.
12/21/20
On each of the seven days leading up to Christmas Eve (December 17-23), Chad Bird will provide a meditation that focuses on the ancient “O Antiphons,” each of which addresses Christ by a different Old Testament name. Today’s reflection, the fifth in the series, is on “O Dayspring.”
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