… and I’ve been thinking about how joy is a force to be reckoned with. “I think there must be something wrong with me, Linus. Christmas is coming, but I’m not happy. I don’t feel the way I’m supposed to feel.” – Charlie Brown Are we supposed to feel happy in the days leading up Read more

…and I’ve been thinking about who I’m not. He may be an eccentric, camel hair wearing, locust and honey eating preacher standing in the wilderness, but John the Baptist is the key figure of Advent. He is the voice who draws attention to the anticipated Messiah. Everything he does lays the groundwork and prepares the Read more

…and I’ve been thinking about what the smallness of Bethlehem teaches us. “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.” — Micah 5:2 Why would the eternal God be born Read more