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Time Travel to Jesus’ Birth
I wonder on and off about what it would be like if I could time travel to any point in the life of Jesus. I thought about it pretty seriously the other day. While any point in the life of Jesus would be particularly wondrous, especially His death and resurrection, the...
For Unto Us
Jesus the Son of God came to earth as God's gift of love to us, to save us from our sins. We like the way that sounds. It's true, but I was thinking about how gifts work, especially this one. When someone gives you a gift, it might be because they have to for Secret...
Manger, Cross, and Resurrection
Recently I've come to notice a juxtaposition in my mind of the major points of Jesus' life when He first came. Not that I don't know these major points of birth, death, and resurrection. They're just closer together in my head than usual. We like Jesus as a baby in...
Outside Your Holiday Bubble
It is very easy for us to get caught up in our own bubble around the holidays. We have gifts to buy for some very special people, the gifts need to be perfect for each person, the gifts need to arrive on time, and they need to be wrapped. We have parties, musicals,...
Thankfulness, Giving, and Receiving
We're at that transition between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Or rather we're at the sudden snap right to Christmas! But just because we're suddenly more eager to buy things for others and ourselves, that doesn't mean we aren't allowed to still be thankful. While the...
Give Thanks… But to Whom?
A lot of us are gathering around tables with family today to eat lots of food and talk about how thankful we are. But who are we thanking? We got all this stuff from somewhere. I can be thankful all I want, but if I'm thankful to no one and nothing, then what's the...