I’m guessing that you have the same reaction I do when you read disturbing news stories. You sigh. You pray, “Help our country/world, Lord. Please have mercy on us.” But you feel discouraged, defeated even. The world seems so dark and we feel so small. Well, I want to remind you of good news. Yes,…
Tag: Christmas
Why the Manger?
Why would the Creator of the universe lower himself to the lowest human status? If God planned the entrance of his own Son into the human realm, couldn’t he have done better than an animal feeding trough for a makeshift crib?! Why would the Babe enter as a displaced person with nowhere to sleep? Wasn’t…
Room
Did you ever stop to think how our culture influences how we celebrate Christmas? And not just the culture at large, but our own subcultures- how our family, church, and friends celebrate or don’t celebrate the holiday. In our nine Christmases in a third-world Asian country, not once did we celebrate as we would have…
Promise Keeper
Is there someone in your life who is trustworthy? You know they will do their best to keep their word? When they promise, they mean to keep that promise. Their word seals the deal. Yet even the best-intentioned humans fail. They can’t keep their promise because they get sick, or even die before making good…
Merry Christmas!
I had two experiences this week that reminded me of why Christmas matters. When you read these two stories you may not see what their connection to Christmas is. It didn’t strike me until later how the Christmas story and my experiences are related. A sixteen-year-old in our community was killed recently in an auto…
Remembering
I can remember one happy Christmas that stands out from the many sad ones. I was in elementary school and my father was home for a few days from his out-of-state job. Several years prior, after a heart-wrenching court hearing, my parents had been legally separated (the near equivalent of a divorce in those…