Advent 2025, Week 4 – John’s Light of Christmas Past/Present/Future, Part 3 Jesus is the light of Christmas past and present. He brought light into the world, and he continues to bring light in our lives. How so? To answer that question this week, we’ve been studying the writings of his disciple John. In John 3,Continue reading “How Jesus as Light of the World matters to our daily lives”
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Knitting in the dark
Advent 2025, Week 3: Psalm 139, Part 3 This guest post is by Molly Stouffer, a ministry student at Regent University. I’ve been trying to learn how to crochet since 2023. People who aren’t familiar with knitting or crocheting might see them as the same thing. I disagree entirely. I can kind of do crocheting,Continue reading “Knitting in the dark”
A new light is shining in the darkness
Advent 2025, Week 4 – John’s Light of Christmas Past/Present/Future, Part 2 What is the darkness in your life? Maybe it is in a relationship. Maybe it is inside you, like anxiety, which is a part of my life, or depression. These long dark nights, like yesterday, the winter solstice. The longest, darkest night ofContinue reading “A new light is shining in the darkness”
Do you feel comfort and/or anxiety in God’s presence?
Advent 2025, Week 3: Psalm 139, Part 2 This guest post is by Molly Stouffer, a ministry student at Regent University. In Psalm 139, verse 11, David writes, “Darkness shall cover me.” The word, “cover,” in the Hebrew is the same word that’s used all the way back in Genesis 3:15, when God is speakingContinue reading “Do you feel comfort and/or anxiety in God’s presence?”
Difficult family relationships at the holidays
Advent 2025, Week 4 – John’s Light of Christmas Past/Present/Future, Part 1 I have a friend from college who, together with his wife, have experienced numerous difficulties in parenting. Our kids are about the same age, and they even had three boys then a girl just like us. One of their sons married, then soonContinue reading “Difficult family relationships at the holidays”
Jesus’ parable that inspired Dickens’ A Christmas Carol
Advent 2025, Week 4 – Light of Christmas Past/Present/Future, Preview Will you watch a dramatization of Charles Dickens’ famous A Christmas Carol this holiday season? Some literary scholars believe that Dickens’ source material is one of Jesus’ parables. What parable do you think might have sparked Dickens’ imagination to think about ghosts? Does Jesus haveContinue reading “Jesus’ parable that inspired Dickens’ A Christmas Carol”
The confusion of darkness
Advent 2025, Week 3 – Psalm 139, Part 1 This guest post is by Molly Stouffer, a ministry student at Regent University. I want you to imagine with me waking up in the middle of the night. And instead of drifting off to sleep again, you realize something. You aren’t where you fell asleep. You’reContinue reading “The confusion of darkness”
The burdens of life are real
Advent 2025, Week 3: Psalm 139, Preview What is weighing heavily on your heart and mind this week? Here are a few snippets of text conversations I had this week, all of show the tell-tale signs of burden. Maybe one of these will resonate with you. “Gonna have a hard conversation this weekend, with [—]:Continue reading “The burdens of life are real”
The Messiah’s peaceable kingdom
Advent 2025, Week 2: Isaiah 9, Part 5 As Isaiah continues talking about the government of Jesus in Isaiah 9, he gives us more descriptions of the messiah. Consider his famous words in Isaiah, 9, verse 6: “And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” These royal titles showContinue reading “The Messiah’s peaceable kingdom”
The government is on the shoulders of a baby?
Advent 2025, Week 2: Isaiah 9, Part 4 We just had a new baby in our family. Our second son and his wife had their first, a son, a month ago. I was holding my new baby grandson recently, as he was sleeping, and I noticed his blond eyelashes. Not typical for my family, but soContinue reading “The government is on the shoulders of a baby?”
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