1. I think the problem with the idea of eternity is that we do not have any direct experience of it, but we encounter enough of its possibility to be unsettling.
  2. The sign of the cross, according to the earliest centuries of Christians, is “the sign of the Lord,” and every baptized Christian was “marked” with it.
  3. The answer to our messages is God's "yes," Jesus, who sends his preachers to proclaim that there's no place for us now other than in the grip of our God and Savior.
  4. In Memory of My Friend, James Arne Nestingen
  5. For almost three years, I have produced a weekly video in the series “Reading the Gospels through Hebrew Eyes.” Here is an index of all the Gospel readings covered so far, with links to their YouTube videos.
  6. Despite our best efforts to avoid him, King Jesus remains very much unavoidable.
  7. The king has arrived and has already begun his reign forever and ever.
  8. God the Father sent us – his wayward, sinful, and naughty children – his own series of Father Christmas Letters.
  9. To trust in the Lord, the Messiah, the Deliverer, is our salvation and our only hope. Yet he does not trust us to have this “trust” on our own or of our own will.
  10. A.I. can’t make the proclamatory move that delivers God’s word in a way that is specifically for me.
  11. Rejoice with Mary as she would rejoice with you. Be blessed, like her, with humility from God, so that you may serve joyfully and willingly wherever and in whatever role God has placed you.
  12. O weary ones, O long-time waiting and watching ones, O ones who are late to the game, he is your rest this busy season, and always.