Three weeks into the Christmas season and the flickering flames of the Advent candles fill our hearts with a dim light. The lit candles are gifts that represent hope, peace and joy. These gifts of the season seemed to be elusive amid the chaos of now. Hope for a better Read more…
The shock of the announcement lingers as the news comes across the airwaves. This year, 2023, Christmas is cancelled in Bethlehem. No joyful celebration. Only fears and sorrows adorn the city as war rages against Israel. In the midst of this report we hear of a pastor who becomes a Read more…
God’s heart broke when Adam and Eve brought sin into his perfect world. It was to have been a world of unending Christmas. The joy of perfect communion with the God of heaven had been destroyed. An uncrossable chasm formed between God and man. In truth, nothing that man could Read more…
Sometimes we let our culture define our identity. They stamp us as disgraced, non-acceptable or odd by their own standard of conformity. We thoughtlessly accept what they have to say and live with an erroneous belief of who we are. To clarify, identity is recognizing who we are as an Read more…
400 years of silence informed his perspectives. There had been no forthcoming promises in his time, nor in his father’s time or even in his grandfather’s time. Prayers had been prayed during those interminable years with no recognizable answer. No word from Heaven had graced his memory. Hope and expectancy Read more…
The explanations of wonder and amazement have faded away. Toys and empty boxes litter the floor. The newness is gone and that ‘must have’ toy has been kicked to the corner of the room. The days after Christmas are filled with inevitable squabbles and overwrought children. Too much candy and Read more…
When the message of joy is hurtled through the darkness into our broken world it creates havoc in our hearts. The huge contrast between joy and darkness brings about an incredulity at the impossibility. Yet a glimmer of hope flickers and we struggle to fan the trust in a good, Read more…
As we venture into this 2nd week of Advent we long for God’s peace to enfold us. The hustle and bustle of the season threatens to leave us weary and worn. However, this space of time beckons us to stillness, peace and reflection. I think of the shepherds who were Read more…
Before time began deep darkness enveloped the formless earth. There was no light to pierce the dark. But God saw beyond the darkness into a world created for his glory. He envisioned a people created for a relationship with himself. Therefore it was with joy, a world was born in Read more…
She would remember that night always. Her expectations of life had changed that evening. Much of the presumption of her life remained unfulfilled. However, in her unmet expectations she found promises kept. The whiff of smoke from the dying embers, the feel of the smooth wooden stool beneath her touch Read more…