Looking and Finding
Saturday, January 7th, 2012 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Looking and Finding“Everything we knew brought us there, but nothing could prepare us for what we found.” So might the wise men have said when they reflected back on their journey to Bethlehem. They knew they would find a king because their ...
Naming God
Sunday, January 1st, 2012 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Naming GodIn the Old Testament, God revealed his name to Moses: “I-Am-Who-Am”. It was a sacred, mysterious name and the practice grew up of never pronouncing it aloud. God’s name and the way it was treated suggested the distance between him ...
The Two Weeks of Christmas
Monday, December 26th, 2011 Posted in writing | Comments Off on The Two Weeks of ChristmasIf you say, “Merry Christmas!” to someone after December 25, you’ll probably get a puzzled look, for in our society, once the 25th has come and gone, Christmas is over. But for centuries, Christmas Day was really the beginning of ...
Fiats
Saturday, December 17th, 2011 Posted in writing | Comments Off on FiatsThis is not a reflection about Italian cars. It’s about the word “fiat,” one of the most important in the Latin translation of the Bible, full of the power to create wonderful and amazing things. It’s almost a magic word, ...
