For with God nothing shall be impossible. (Luke 1:37, KJV) Many of us look at the New Year and resolve to make changes in our lives. How many times have we said, “This is the year I will lose…
Resolutions and Hope
Julie Davis reveals secrets of ‘Seeking Jesus’
“Down in my bones, my deepest need is to know Jesus better,“ thus Julie Davis opens her second book, Seeking Jesus in Everyday Life: Prayers and Reflections for Getting Closer. I’ve been a fan of Julie Davis since she autographed…
The Real Gift of Christmas
Christmas gets a lot of attention every year, and much has been said about what it means. But the most important thing to remember about Christmas is that it is real: God actually became a human baby, Jesus. It’s perhaps…
The Gifts We Bring
We three kings of orient are Bearing gifts we traverse afar… This carol is synonymous with Epiphany, and we sing it every year, at least the first two verses. It is natural to want to focus on the joy of…
The Last Moment Before the Next
From the final Gospel of Advent* “In the tender compassion of our God the dawn from on high shall break upon us” (Lk 1:78) And isn’t that how God always happens. Breaking upon us. Surprising us. Seemingly not there, and…
Good and Acceptable and Perfect
2 Do not be conformed to this world[a] but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:2 Another year is slowly drawing…
Immanuel
“…the Lord himself will give you a sign: a young woman who is pregnant will have a son and you will name him ‘Immanuel.’” Isaiah 7:14 It’s a good thing that God himself gave us the sign. Immanuel means “God…
SHARE YOUR GIFTS
Then he said unto them, “Go your way, eat the fat, And drink the sweet, and send portions unto them For whom nothing has been prepared: for this day is Holy unto our…
Even a Limited Life is Worth Living Well
If you lost your job, would you lose your will to live? In 2015, menshealth.com reported a study claiming that one in five suicide deaths worldwide is linked to unemployment. Would you “end it all” if you lost your life…
Debt Forgiveness: Are You Joyful?
During his earthly ministry, Jesus posed this question to Simon, a Pharisee, in the midst of a symposium-style dinner discussion: “Two men were in debt to a banker. One owed five hundred silver pieces, the other fifty. Neither of them…