Artwork: The Story of Ruth, by John August Swanson One of the things I love about Advent is reading through the Advent and Christmas narratives again. Most of us do not linger over the long genealogy of Jesus in Matthew, yet the season of Advent calls us to pause, to...
Have you ever wondered why Scripture gives more coverage to the relationship which exists between God the Father and Jesus the Son than any other relational dynamic contained within Trinity? What might be the reason for singling out that relational dynamic rather...
In April I had the opportunity to participate in the VUSA Better Together conference in Columbus, Ohio. It was an incredible conference, and to this day I am still processing all the Holy Spirit did. The Women’s Association kicked off the conference on Monday...
And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I...
The theme for the second week of Advent is Peace. Peacemaking and Justice is an enormous—and often ignored—theme in Scripture. In Exodus 3 and 4, where God meets Moses in the burning bush, God presents a call of peace-brokering and justice to Moses: The Lord said,...
