Jesus is God’s wide-open Invitation! Advent week 3
Jesus came to do away with the exclusions, the holier-than-thou's, the finger-pointing, the peremptory judgments. Jesus replaced all that with an invitation
When Christmas is Risky Business
"So go for it," The Teacher declares, "knock yourself out! But understand you're fooling yourself if you think any of it amounts to anything in the random, self-serving world we create for ourselves when God is not the central value in the equation."
I’m dreaming of a “festive, quirky, faith-filled” Christmas…
filtered through the lens of God's spectacular initiative of love and grace in Jesus.
the search for Jesus – we can help
Seek the light; point to the light; be the light.
no great distance from Wake Forest to Bethlehem…
...to capture something of the light and promise that first infiltrated this world two-thousand years ago when heaven came down and glory spilled into the human experience
Gratitude multiplied by grace, layered with the beauty of love and promise
All love; all joy; all blessing; all grace.
our Nativity begins its long journey to Christmas (with the help of the grandchildren)
Happy Sunday after Thanksgiving," friends. May your gratitude run deep and may your journey toward Bethlehem and the story of your Christmas be brand new and overflowing with redemption and with promise.
a heartwarming Thanksgiving story (and a house full of warm hearts)
We had a glad and exuberant houseful of family, full with love and generosity,
blue skies, clear air, cool temps & beautiful grandchildren…
Enter his gates with thanks; enter his courtyards with praise! Thank him! Bless his name! Because the Lord is good, his loyal love lasts forever; his faithfulness…
Continue reading → blue skies, clear air, cool temps & beautiful grandchildren…
an overdue redesign for my writing space
My study is loaded, redolent with story. My life is rich with story too.
