I am taking an overdue break after a most unusual year in ministry and so I offer these thoughts on ‘the Word become flesh’ from several years ago. I have to say, I got a little misty remembering our traditional gatherings in the barn on Christmas Eve for this year the pandemic kept us from …
Month: December 2020
Just Another Day… Christmas This Year
Luke 2:1-20 I have shared this story of this particular Christmas Eve before in many times and places. For some reason, though, I am carrying it especially close this time around. Indeed, I have held this memory for so many seasons now that the edges of it are becoming blurry. Even so, there are pieces …
Here Am I
Luke 1:26-38 I am struck by this today — by the number of times we hear of God calling people to extraordinary things and of how many of them answer with the simplicity of Mary saying “Here am I” or “Here I am.” And I find myself wondering at how their stories paralleled hers and …
Binding Up the Broken Hearted: Just Keep Breathing
Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 I spoke with her a few days back. She gave me permission to share our conversation with all of you. She had texted me, you see, including a photograph of her exhausted face. She asked then simply for prayers. And so I asked if she had a minute to talk. She said …