A Very Different Christmas
Whatever you’re feeling today, God is with you in Jesus, Immanuel. So, I wish you a Merry Christmas!
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Sleepless on Christmas Eve
In this difficult time of history, how good to know that Jesus is Emmanuel, God with us.
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Keeping Christmas Well . . . with the Family of God
We may have to do this virtually in COVIDtime, but we can be creative as we extend love and grace to those who need it.
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Keeping Christmas Well . . . with Family
May we be creative in using technology to connect meaningfully with others.
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Keeping Christmas Well . . . by Going to Church
Christmas should be celebrated in community with others as we gather to worship the Son of God, born in a stable and laid in a manger. This year, let’s be sure to gather for worship, even if we do so virtually.
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Keeping Christmas Well . . . by Living Generously
We give in response to God’s most generous gift to us, the gift of Jesus.
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Keeping Christmas Well . . . Gloriously
Scripture reveals to us the unsurpassed glory of God, which we see in the natural world and most of all in Jesus, the Word of God made flesh.
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Keeping Christmas Well: As a Child
Christmas, the celebration of God’s coming among us as a child, helps us to experience blessed childlikeness.
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Keeping Christmas Well: With Laughter and Joy
We can keep Christmas well by enjoying laughter. Our joy doesn’t deny the pains of life today.
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Keeping Christmas Well: Past, Present, and Future
After Ebenezer Scrooge was supernaturally transformed, he proclaimed, “I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future!”
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Keeping Christmas Well by Making Amends
When we are transformed by his grace, we too will seek to make right what is wrong, both in our personal lives and in the wider world.
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Keeping Christmas Well
Wouldn’t it be wonderful to keep Christmas well, not just on one special day or during one special season of the year?
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Vocational Gratitude: Consummation
The Christian narrative reminds us that God is the ultimate authority in the universe. As the first half of today’s text declares, “The Lord is King!” But what kind of power figure is this God?
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Vocational Gratitude: Redemption
As we celebrate this Advent Season, reminded again of Jesus’ coming into the world, I want to reflect on the distinctive vision and driving force behind God’s incarnation in Jesus Christ. What was the mindset that Jesus brought to his work in the world? And, what might that say to us about our work as leaders?
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