A Christmas Villain If I was to ask you who the villain of Christmas is, how would you answer? Scrooge? The Grinch? How about the Red Baron? What if I said you...
Did You Know? Every once and a while I feel the need to tackle a post that goes around Facebook. Strangely this always seems to happen around the...
A Candle in the Window One of my favorite Christmas traditions is a simple one. A candle in the window. Placing a burning candle in one’s window is a common...
Why? You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book....
A Moment Well, it’s the day after Thanksgiving. How are you feeling? The guests have come and gone, but the mess remains. The food is cooked,...
Ministry Interrupted So I have sat down six times to write this devotion. Things just keep jumping in the way. A hospitalized member. A new ministry. Someone...
The End We are rapidly heading toward the end of the church year. Yes, the calendar new year is still a ways, but it is a matter of days now until...
Spooky This last Sunday was Reformation Day. As it always is, it was also Halloween and the day before All Saints Day. It’s a crowded place in...
What’s Going On God what is going on? This last Wednesday we looked at the minor prophet Nahum. Nahum writes a letter prophesying the destruction of the...