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Love Grows Love
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7 min read
The prologue to John (John 1:1-18) is the Christmas gospel. It reveals how shallow our view of Christmas is. That deep down, we must realize our love is more than practical and theological ideas about God and the nature of Jesus. It’s in every aspect of creation and our very humanity. The Incarnation of Jesus…
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Top Posts from 2017
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4 min read
As 2017 draws to a close, here are my most viewed posts of the year! You might be surprised! Most Viewed Posts in 2017: 1. 9 Keys to Engaging Youth In Church My annual top performer returns to the top spot! This is not a surprise. It’s my stickiest post and by far the most shared. And…
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Why Stephen?
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7 min read
In our crass consumer culture we get the Feast of St. Stephen which reminds us giving comes with sacrifice and love comes with challenge. [Audio to come soon] The question we’ve all asked at some point, even if that point was a short time ago when you walked in here is this: why do we…
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High-Tops
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5 min read
When someone speaks of their desire to put the Christ back into Christmas, I like to ask which part of Christ is missing: the revolutionary or sacrificial? The Christmas Story is told in the stories of giving shoes and coins Christmas III | John 1:1-14 Several years ago, when my daughter was very young she…
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In the Dark
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8 min read
Like our Celtic ancestors, we gather in the dark, in our greatest darkness to be present to the light–because this is how light is best known. Christmas II | Luke 2:(1-7) 8-20 Tonight we gather like our Celtic ancestors did long, long ago. On the third day after the winter solstice, they’d gather for the…
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From the Darkness Comes a Great Light
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5 min read
In the sharing the Christmas story, we’re invited to begin with what we’d avoid. We begin in darkness so we can see how bright the light is. preparing the whole story Christmas I | Luke 2:1-14(15-20) Tonight we gather at the setting sun like our Celtic ancestors did long, long ago. They would gather at…
Make a New Normal
