Tag: gift-giving

  • Grace Upon Grace

    Grace Upon Grace

    At the heart of the Christmas season is God’s generosity. And our struggle to restrain it works against the very point of the holy day.

  • As Jesus gives

    As Jesus gives

    As Jesus prepares his followers for his departure, he offers them the Holy Spirit. Which reflects a very different idea of gift-giving.

  • Create – the forgotten language of the season

    Create – the forgotten language of the season

    One year my Mom tried to get us to make our Christmas gifts for one another. There is some serious backstory to all of this, but suffice it to say, she thought she was offering us an antidote to what ailed us. My Mom is an artist. So everyone groaned and thought she had a…