Hail Th’Incarnate Deity
When this secular tune about the written word was matched to this sacred poem about Word Made Flesh, the world was given a gift: a doctrinally weighty, yet joyfully light, celebration of Immanuel, God Come Near.
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Christmas, Whidbey Island, 1975
he reminds us that the centerpiece of God’s creative imagination is Bethlehem, “…site of the Incarnation, flash point of the joining of heaven and earth, invisible and visible reality, transcendent and material.”
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Nor Doth He Sleep
Where is the promised goodwill and peace? It seems to have disappeared.
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Shepherding Christmas
…for parents, the easiest deformity is one that wills the safety and protection of the child over all else.
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Beside the Weary Road
It feels unnatural to sit still in such a time, so we double down and get busy in a flurry of frantic activity. We sense we are losing control, so we scramble to regain it.
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Last Christmas
…even now, when we are in the midst of the season of anticipating the changes to come, and already starting to live in these seasons of change, that God is promising that the new thing he is doing is already beginning.
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Adore the Incarnated One
The specific nature of the birth of Christ is mind-boggling: it was on a certain day, in a certain town, to a certain pair of people.
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Advent in the Land of The Arguers
For those of us who also find ourselves in a land of Arguers, where can we find hope?
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Review: The One We’re Waiting For
Combs is a pastor in a liturgical tradition, and he has included this tradition in each day’s story. Every story ends with a repeated liturgy pointing us towards “the one who is coming”. This addition of a daily liturgy creates a rhythm to each day’s reading that is unique to this Advent devotional.
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Little Christmas Carol
Our family loves Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. We love the original, as it appears on the page, and the audiobook read by B. J. Harrison. We love The Muppet Christmas Carol, too. With this in mind, you may understand my excitement when I opened Little Christmas Carol, envisioned and illustrated by my friend Joe…
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We Wait in the Darkness: Some Thoughts for Advent
The first week of December holds an infamous anniversary for me. This time a few years ago, I found myself flat on my back for nearly a full week after I was hit full-force by a most memorable stomach virus. At the time, pre-pandemic, it seemed like about the worst thing anyone could endure; certainly,…
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Celebrations
“Celebrations punctuate our year, and our punctuations define us as a people.” –Malcolm Smith The people of ancient Ireland marked their year with eight solar and lunar celebrations. Every six weeks or so, they gathered, performed religious rites, feasted, danced, and held competitions. If a man committed a crime, he could be excluded from…
