I imagine you’ve had this experience: You make a plan and then watch it fall apart. That happened to me this week. I had my Advent blog series all planned out. I started with this idea of writing about Jesus’ challenging messages, and posted for two weeks on that....
I’ve been writing a lot of daily devotionals this year (for three different denominations!) and delving deeply into the gospel stories as a result. Last week I began an Advent series on how Jesus’ messages are challenging for those who hear and seek to follow him....
There’s no question that 2020 has been a tough year. Many great images have encapsulated it, including one I shared around Halloween, humorous new hymns for the seasons, and an image I saw recently on social media (and now have lost—2020?!), of a decorated Christmas...
Christmas is only a couple days away. I’m concluding my Advent meditation series of reflections on a recent Border Summit by pondering a powerful concluding presentation by a friend and colleague, the Rev. Paul Moore, whom I’ve mentioned before. He addressed the...
As I continue my Advent reflections on borders, I find myself pondering some related ideas. The first come as a pair: enticement and enforcement. These connect with the question of why people cross borders. I think of enticement in terms of why people come: for a...