Throughout the book, Isaiah encourages Israel with the hope that God will eventually put to right the wrongs the people are suffering...
When my daughter was six years old, I got an idea for the perfect Christmas for her: a book written just for...
In 1977, as the praise and worship wave was just beginning to crash on the beaches of the American church, Pete Sanchez, Jr., took Psalm 97:9 in the King James version and wrote...
When I was young, my parents taught me that it is wrong to hate. In fact, I was prohibited from using the word "hate." If I said, "I hate peas" or "I hate...
Paul’s letter to Titus is the final Pastoral Epistle and has many similarities to 1 and 2 Timothy. (For Titus 1:5–9, see 1 Timothy 3:1–13 above. For Titus 2:1–10, see 1 Timothy 5:1–6:...
I approach life at a fast pace. The Rule of St. Benedict would tell me to slow down, to keep watch, to...
The Kingdom of God shows up at work in the Christmas story and beyond in the book of Luke.
Overview: Advent is a time of spiritual preparation, anticipation, looking for God’s coming into our experience as...
At our house, we love our Christmas movies and Christmas specials. During Advent, we watch Elf and the original animated Grinch and...
In the first stave of Charles Dickens’ classic story, A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge didn’t have much enthusiasm for Christmas.
The focal prayer of Advent is: "Come, Lord!" Remembering the yearning of Israel, we prepare to celebrate the first coming of the Messiah at Christmas. We also look forward to his second coming. And...
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