January 9 – The Sinner’s Prayer

Is this most sacred of cows actually doing more harm than good?

January 1 – In The Beginning… God

There’s something about a beginning that brings hope. We all want a clean slate. We all want a fresh start, and getting one gives us joy and brings new commitments. We promise to do better and, for a while, we actually believe we can.

25 Songs of Christmas (#24 – We Wish You A Merry Christmas and all the rest)

So here it is. My last Christmas songs post. It is pretty much a given I won’t be posting tomorrow and I really, really hope you all have much better things to be doing tomorrow than reading anything I might have written anyways. So… MERRY CHRISTMAS. Next to my computer I have kept a list…

25 Songs of Christmas (#21 – Little Drummer Boy)

It’s all about the gifts, right? What Christmas presents have you bought? What Christmas presents do you expect to receive? Let’s be honest. Christmas is really all about the give and get. We can say it is about Christ’s birth, but who knows what day that really happened on. We can talk about family traditions,…

25 Songs of Christmas (#16 – Happy Xmas)

Where was the Church when Aleppo fell?

25 Songs of Christmas (#15 O Little Town Of Bethlehem)

Sometimes I think it is cute how warped our traditional story of Christmas is.

25 Songs Of Christmas (#13 Carol Of The Bells)

There is a sound to Christmas and this is it.

25 Songs of Christmas (#12 – Oh Come, All Ye Faithful)

All around the world there are millions of people who for thousands of reasons of poverty, oppression and injustice are crying out for a Savior to come. Two thousand years ago He came incarnated in a little baby. This year He still comes, incarnated in you.

25 Songs of Christmas (#10 Go Tell It On The Mountain)

When Jesus came to this earth, His choice to be born in Bethlehem was not random. There was no better time and place for the effective rapid dispersion of His name throughout the early world.