TOPIC INDEXChurch Seasons (77)

  1. The Number 666 and God's Christmas Math

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    12/13/18
    10 mins
    By Chad Bird
    If there’s a time of year to grasp the significance of this number, it’s now. Because the birth of Jesus casts light on the dark meaning of 666. And, most importantly, the birth of God’s Son is the death of that number’s power over us.

  2. Unwrapping Four Hebrew Words Before Christmas

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    12/05/18
    10 mins
    By Chad Bird
    As the church gathers in worship, however, different words reverberate in readings, hymns, and homilies. These words beckon us to get dirty.

  3. Why You Should Never Throw a Party for God

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    12/01/18
    9 mins
    By Chad Bird
    There’s no watch on the Lord’s wrist. No iPhone in the back pocket of his blue jeans. He did create time; it was his idea. But for him “the right time” is never our time. From our perspective, he’s either way too early or—more usually—way too late.

  4. Shocked by Hope in the R-Rated Book of God

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    11/23/18
    13 mins
    By Chad Bird
    As we enter into this year’s Advent season, this blog is a part of our series on the hope we find in, through and given by Christ, Each week’s installment will look at hope from a different perspective with special emphasis on corresponding passages of Scripture.

  5. Whose Bones are Buried Beneath the Cross?

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    10/12/18
    11 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Let’s take a walk together. And as we do, I’ll tell you a mystery.

  6. Why Today Is the Funniest Sunday of the Year

    book
    03/24/18
    6 mins
    By Chad Bird
    God’s telling a joke. And after we’re done laughing at this silly divinity, we realize that the true joke is on us.

  7. Celebrating Christmas in the Underworld

    book
    12/10/17
    10 mins
    By Chad Bird
    No one twisted Jesus’s arm to make him enter Mary’s womb. No one tricked him into being born into a world strung out on the meth of sin. He came in with his eyes wide open.

  8. The Shanty Christ Across the Tracks

    book
    06/01/17
    9 mins
    By Chad Bird
    This coming Sunday churches around the world will celebrate the big, splashy day of Pentecost. As well they should.

  9. Tonight Is the Night of Light: An Easter Vigil Meditation

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    04/15/17
    11 mins
    By Chad Bird
    This is the night from when all those nights receive their light. For this is the night when Christ, the Life arose from the dead.

  10. Standing at the Foot of the Cross with Church Fathers

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    04/07/17
    15 mins
    By Chad Bird
    If he was not flesh, who was hung on the cross? And if he was not God, who shook the earth from its foundations?

  11. When a Dragon Tried to Eat Jesus: The Nativity Story We Don't Talk About

    book
    12/17/16
    7 mins
    By Chad Bird
    The dragon who failed to devour the child in the manger swallows the man atop the cross. In so doing, unbeknownst to this beast, he ate poison.

  12. "O Eden, Choked by Sweat and Thorn" -- A Christmas Hymn

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    12/14/16
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    The church cannot stop singing of the joy of the Incarnation. Here is another hymn to add to the long list of poetry focused on Emmanuel.
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