Posts from 2015 (Page 2)

Our first Advent reading this year is from Isaiah 45:1-7. This is a powerful declaration of one of the primary themes of Christmas: God’s passionate desire to be known by us and to know us.  As you read this, take note of all the ways God is making Himself known to His people.  Remember that God’s ultimate act to know and be known is the incarnation: His literal coming to earth, in the flesh, as a person like us. There’s…

Two things trouble me. First? The lack of peace.  All the hatred and brokenness and senseless violence. It saddens me.  I worry for my children. Second? The empty words.  The shallow, unhelpful noise.  The misguided guidance. The counterfeit “solutions” being offered to hurting people in need of grace-filled truth.   Our souls are longing for true comfort.  We need something real, something that endures. We desperately need broken things to be made whole and right again. This Christmas, we’re searching…