Christmas Christmas Kitsch and the True Christmas Miracle (Part 1) 13 Dec 2016 Christmas is a difficult season for many of us. Loss, grief, sorrow, and loneliness can plague us around the holiday. Our culture often promises a sort of Christmas miracle that…
Christmas Christmas Faith: The Faith of the Wise Men 23 Dec 2015 "Were we led all that way for birth or death?" That's the question the Magi ask in T.S. Elliot's wonderful poem about the three Wise Men's journey to see the…
Christmas Christmas Faith: The Faith of the Shepherds 16 Dec 2015 Shepherds were not a particularly respected class of people in the ancient world. It is no small thing, then, that the birth of the Messiah is announced to them. In…
Christmas Christmas Faith: The Faith of Joseph 9 Dec 20159 Dec 2015 What does it mean to trust God? Wait until you have a trial in your life and you will find out. One important aspect of faith is to believe in…
Christmas Christmas Faith: The Faith of Mary 4 Dec 2015 "It is time for evangelicals to recover a fully biblical appreciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and her role in the history of salvation." So wrote Dr. Timothy George, Dean…
Christmas Reflections on Christmas 2014 31 Dec 2014 “Best Christmas in most recent memory.” That’s what I keep saying whenever people ask me how the holidays were. There was much to warrant this adulation: there was great food…
Christmas Christmas is for Ghosts 15 Dec 2014 Tis the season to be haunted. The holiday recalls memories and traditions, family and friends from long ago. It haunts us with memories, both beautiful and sad, and urges us…
Christmas Why A Cynic Like Me Loves Holiday Magic 11 Dec 201411 Dec 2014 I have a very special talent. I am exceptionally gifted at being cynical. Liz Lemon might have me beat on the "masterpiece eye roll," but I've gotten pretty good over…
Christmas Singing Carols Softly 23 Dec 2013 The last Christmas I spent with my dad we played fuzzball together. My parents had very graciously bought me a table for Christmas and my dad, brother, and I put it…
Christmas The Virgin Birth Matters: Shaping Christology 19 Dec 2013 Is the Virgin Birth a "gospel issue"? Forgive me for sounding like a politician, but that is a complicated question. It depends on what one means by "gospel issue." In…
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