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Yesterday marked the first Sunday in Advent, the time in the Church year that we look forward to and wait for Christmas. Christmas marks the coming of Emmanuel, God with us, the incarnation of the holy God becoming human and bringing the promised salvation to us all. Advent is the time we wait for this ...
Happy thanksgiving! I have to work today, so I don't get to gorge myself on turkey, stuffing, gravy, and pie (mmmm... pie). Even though I don't get to participate in the food with everyone, I'm still thankful for lots. My wife, my baby, family, good friends... These are things (along with a myriad of others) that I ...
Today, I'm thinking about what is good. It is so easy for me (at this time in my life) to become overwhelmed by stress, all the need-to-do's, discouragement, and general crankiness. It's so easy for me to forget about what is good. In an effort to combat this forgetfulness, I present a (partial) list of things that ...
Without a strong eschatology social justice becomes little more than hospice care for a dying world. Without a biblical eschatology preaching amounts to little more than coaching people to live moral lives. Without a wide, deep, overarching eschatology people get fed, sickness gets cured, governments change, church pews get filled, and the status quo stays the same. Without ...
