TOPIC INDEXAdvent (19)

  1. 36: "Shipwrecked At The Stable" by Brennan Manning pt. 2

    book
    12/19/18
    3 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    Planking with Brennan Manning... Gillespie and Riley follow up their reading of Brennan Manning's Advent Meditation, "Shipwrecked at The Stable" by discussing why Roman Catholic theology, as Manning presents it, is so appealing to Protestants.

  2. Where Do We Look for Jesus to Come?

    book
    12/17/18
    10 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    What Jesus says is simple, but the simplest things are difficult, and difficulty causes friction.

  3. 35: "Shipwrecked At The Stable" by Brennan Manning

    book
    12/12/18
    3 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    Planking with Brennan Manning... This week, Gillespie and Riley dive into Brennan Manning's Advent Meditation, "Shipwrecked at The Stable," and they go deep into Manning's expression of Roman Catholic theology.

  4. The Absurdity of Advent

    book
    12/04/18
    9 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    Advent is the season when the Church declares to a world overwhelmed by excuses, lies, and cruelty that their Savior comes.

  5. There's No Joy But In This Boy

    book
    12/20/16
    7 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    Our relief when we're troubled can't be found at the end of all our preparations and celebrations, no matter how pious our intent.

  6. Clark Kent in a Manger

    book
    12/13/16
    11 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    Jesus isn't Superman. He's not from another planet. He's from Earth.

  7. Isn't There Anywhere A Person Can Be Still?

    book
    12/06/16
    6 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    This time of year, Christmas time, the world isn't so much Christ-expectant as it is Christ-haunted.