Thank you, Father, for sending your word made flesh to that smelly Bethlehem stable. Your odd, nearly unbelievable advent. Your lethal weapon against this world’s destructive ruler. A soft-skinned flailing infant. Your weakness stronger than our strength. Thank you for embodied hope. For peace and promise. For abundant expectation in the kingdom that has come, …
Category Archives: Christmas
Bearers
This image of Mary bearing the child puts me in mind of all those who have borne the Messiah to my heart. The ones who helped me grasp the gospel’s cohesion. The ones who showed me the truth of the Christian story. The ones who demonstrated the Father’s love made manifest in the baby. At …
What About Jesus?
In our sin-sick world, many situations begin well but end badly. Many marriages begin in great joy but end in cold silence. Babies, once received with hope, become old alcoholics wandering in alleyways. A job we thought would finally use our gifts becomes merely a means of survival. And yet, in God’s hands, situations that …