This story points us from our unlikely heroes to the even more unlikely, and joyous, good news that Jesus’ birth for us was just as unlikely and unexpected.
12/09/25
Was Jesus ambitious or unambitious? We have to say that the answer is…yes.
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12/05/25
It is death that deserves derision, not the disciple who reaches through sorrow for his Lord.
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03/31/24
You are the baptized, for in Christ we are all wet. The demographic dividers are washed away.
02/22/24
He shows up when we are at our worst to usher us back to his side, lead us to repentance, rescue us, and reclaim us as his own.
02/21/24
Sometimes, we get prayer dementia. We can’t remember what we were going to pray for, we can’t put the words together, and, frustrated, there is nothing we can do but sigh and groan.
01/24/24
A “good death” and “good life” are not accomplished through personal striving but are grasped by faith in the promises of God.
01/22/24
Jesus will lead us through the deep waters onto the dry land of that celestial shore, where he will wipe away every tear from our eyes.
01/10/24
Jesus reveals to them again who He is. And that life can only be given when we feed on Christ.
12/11/23
God has a hall ready for us, for us and for so many more
11/21/23
When the waters of anxiety and depression rise, there is One who understands.
10/13/23
Finding rest in God when the “what ifs”come calling
09/15/23
The Lord has remembered to help his servant Israel, to fulfill his promises to Abraham and to his offspring forever, not mostly or mainly because of his mercy, but exclusively so.
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