Isaiah 40:1-5 and Mark 13.24-37 Originally Composed for Hope Sunday, November 27, 2011. Revised for Advent (General) December 2020. Inspired by Paul Simon's song, "Getting Ready for Christmas Day" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q_y4IqeQe8 As we close in on Christmas 2020, one of the songs I have found myself returning to this year is Paul Simon’s nearly...

I was wrapping up my work-from-home day a few weeks ago when my three-year-old daughters wandered into the bedroom and piled onto the loveseat where I was studying. They started leafing through my Bibles, sifting through every piece of paper within arm’s reach, and asking questions about everything in...

A Reflection on Psalm 85, Ezekiel 13, and Luke 2 My father-in-law never carried an umbrella, at least not for the last 75 years of his life. It wasn’t that he had a fondness for rain, or found umbrellas an inconvenience when a mad dash through the weather would do....

Advent when churches are focusing on the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ, is a great opportunity to remember that women all over the...