An Advent Journey: Stop, Look, Listen – Day 17

"This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God … Read more...

An Advent Journey: Stop, Look, Listen – Day 16

"I, Simon Peter, am a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ. I write this to you whose experience with God is as life-changing as ours, all due to our God's straight dealing and the intervention of our … Read more...

An Advent Journey: Stop, Look, Listen – Day 15, Third Sunday

This post was written for this day before the tragedy in Connecticut on Friday morning. I'm going to let it stand, because I still believe this to be the heart of it all, the single most important … Read more...

An Advent Journey: Stop, Look, Listen – Day 14

"'Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.'But he replied, … Read more...

An Advent Journey: Stop, Look, Listen – Day 13

"Keep me safe, my God,for in you I take refuge.I say to the LORD, 'You are my Lord;apart from you I have no good thing.'I say of the godly who are in the land,'They are the noble peoplein whom is all … Read more...

An Advent Journey: Stop, Look, Listen – Day 12

"Now the Festival of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for some way to get rid of Jesus, for they were afraid of … Read more...

An Advent Journey: Stop, Look, Listen – Day 11

"In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne,high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple.Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they … Read more...

An Advent Journey: Stop, Look, Listen – Day 10

Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who work hard among you, who care for you in the Lord and who admonish you. Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. … Read more...

An Advent Journey: Stop, Look, Listen – Day 9

"I waited patiently for the LORD to help me,and he turned to me and heard my cry.He lifted me out of the pit of despair,out of the mud and the mire.He set my feet on solid groundand steadied me as I … Read more...