-
Lenny Thomas Had Seen It All
Lenny Thomas had seen it all. He’d been a big-rig trucker for twenty-five years and nothing surprised him anymore. He’d crossed the country more times than he could remember and run across every character you could imagine and some you couldn’t. As he pulled up behind the break down on I-95 just outside of Bethlehem, …[ read more ]
-
Living Emmanuel – Day Two in the Advent of a New Tradition
Being WITH. So, Sunday was the first day of advent and the advent of my new Christmas tradition – choosing daily for the 40 days of advent to be WITH God and to be WITH another. It’s easy to begin such a venture on a Sunday. There was plenty of time to focus on God …[ read more ]
-
The Snow Globe – Carly’s Christmas Story
“Like a snow globe? How’s that?” The church counselor shifted forward in her chair as I searched for words. “You know those snow globes people pull out at Christmas?” She nodded. “The world inside that globe seems beautiful, perfect, but if I tried to touch it or become part of it –it would shatter. To …[ read more ]
-
Angry Christians and Cultural Outrage Fatigue
I’m not very good at moral outrage and I always feel a little guilty that I’m not. Take, for instance, the new Gap commercial that’s out now to encourage people to spend money for the holidays. It features an engaging rainbow assortment of young people dressed in Gap clothing dancing to aerobic choreography and chanting …[ read more ]
-
The Advent of a New Tradition
It’s that time again. All of us who love the Lord will wrestle with the coming season. How best to honor this time we’ve chosen to celebrate the human birth of the Son of God? Some of us will bemoan the commercialism that has overtaken the holy day and scale back. Others will pull out …[ read more ]