Devotions

  • 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. Alexander was an American Presbyterian preacher…

  • 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 $20,000 contribution to the same…

  • Advent 2012: Mourning the Lost, Finding Home in Christ

    With the news of the Connecticut school shooting still fresh in our minds, today’s devotion probably hit with greater impact than it might have otherwise done had that horrific event not occurred. The one line that reads: “Each Advent I mark the anniversary of my mother’s death. She was cut off in her 56th year…