Dear Santa, Sorry I didn’t write to you last year. I almost didn’t do it this year either, but I just felt compelled to do so. Every now and then, there are revelations that become a muse of sorts, and I just experienced the culmination of several elements into just...
Advent 2012
Advent 2012: Magical and Majestic
Last night, I was doing a very brief test drive of my vehicle following a repair. I only had time to drive around the block near our house, but it was impactful. As I drove, Jeremy Camp’s rendition of “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” was playing on the radio....
Advent 2012: Ancient of Days
Ancient of Days Here's a phrase I have heard many times over, but given little thought to the meaning or significance. Until today. I'm pondering it because in today's devotion, it says: The person—not the body, but the essential personhood of Jesus—existed before he...
Advent 2012: Boring Through the Ashes
Advent 2012: Genuine Freedom
Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong...
Advent 2012: Repaid with a Million Ages of Glory
Each instant of present labor is to be graciously repaid with a million ages of glory. ~ J.W. Alexander This simple one line stood out to me. As I often do, I sought more from the source. It led me here. But first, little background on who James Waddel Alexander was....
Advent 2012: The Human Fund
One of my favorite Seinfeld episodes is the one where George makes up a charity and then tells everyone that, for Christmas, he's made a donation in their name to that charity on their behalf. He called that charity "The Human Fund". And then, when his boss offers a...
Advent 2012: Make it Look Real
When I was about 12 or 13 years-old, my friends and I thought it would be fun to stage a fight in a high traffic area so passers by would think there was something wrong. May not have been the most appropriate thing for us hoodlums to be doing and I am not sure what...
Advent 2012: Beyond the Shadows
Lord, I am preparing this blog post using an Amazon Kindle Fire as my youngest daughter lays quietly resting on my lap. Most nights, this is how I blog. Often, it' s as I lay next to my middle daughter as she tries to sleep or as I sit in a chair next to the bed of my...
