Tagged: Advent

Are you worried you’ll forget something this Christmas? I’m worried there are some important things you WON’T forget. You see, the best way to celebrate Jesus is to step into the freedom He came to give us. Whatever the season, the best way to testify to the reality and truth of Jesus is to live it …[ read more ]

When I read the start of the Christmas story in Luke, a Blues Brothers tune replays in my head. “Hold I’m, I’m Coming.” Over and over I hear it until I wonder if the angels formed a gospel choir and sang the blues to the shepherds in the weeks leading up to Jesus’ birth.  God’s people had been waiting …[ read more ]

In the weeks of Advent, we remember the waiting, the generations before us who searched and longed for your arrival, the millions who studied, prayed, and longed for a glimpse of Your promised deliverance. Countless God-lovers heard You whisper that it would be a people yet to come who would be blessed with knowing God …[ read more ]

Don’t you just love life’s little comforts? Hot coffee in the morning, warm bed at night. Soft clothing, acoustic guitar, warm baths, and gooey pizza. Old friends, family nearby, and a car that always starts. Medicine when I’m sick and phone calls when I’m lonely. Reward for my efforts and answers to my prayers. People …[ read more ]

And they were a people longing, Yearning to escape captivity. For as long as they could remember, there had been chains – chains and shackles and heavy yokes Weighing them down, Until even their young children were crushed beneath their father’s bonds. At first, they had cried out With angry protests, shaking fists, and proud …[ read more ]