Let's be honest. We know we shouldn't buy so much stuff. Deep down, we all understand it. How can we who follow the Christ who told a pious young man to give up everything he owns still think we can fill our lives with more stuff? We who talk about "putting the Christ in Christmas" also camp …
Advent 2016
While the Christmas season has begun to creep into Halloween out in our culture, we are given a different season in the church. A season which comes first. Advent is marked as a season of anticipation and waiting. Like Jesus’s parable of the bridesmaids in Matthew, this waiting has both a sense …
Living Generously
They rise in the darkness as a light for the upright; they are gracious, merciful, and righteous. It is well with those who deal generously and lend, who conduct their affairs with justice. For the righteous will never be moved; they will be remembered for ever. Psalm 112:4-6 This theme of …