Three Advent Companions

Saturday, December 13th, 2014 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Three Advent Companions

Isaiah, John the Baptist and Mary are three Advent companions to whom we can pay attention as we prepare for Christmas. Isaiah, in the central part of the book that bears his name, told the people that God would be with ...

The Baptist

Sunday, June 24th, 2012 Posted in photo, writing | Comments Off on The Baptist

June 24 is the feast of the birth of John the Baptist. He is one of only three people in the church calendar whose birthday is a major feast (Jesus and Mary are the other two), and he ...

Who’s in the Middle?

Sunday, December 4th, 2011 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Who’s in the Middle?

Galileo gave us a helio-centric (sun-centered) model of the solar system. He proclaimed that the earth moved around the sun, not the opposite; the earth wasn't in the center, the sun was. And people persecuted him for saying this. I think ...

Advent Cousins

Sunday, December 5th, 2010 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Advent Cousins

Cousins in preaching as well as blood, John the Baptist and Jesus shared the expectation that the Kingdom of God was quickly coming and that people needed to prepare for it. But they seemed to have had different ideas of ...