“I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord!”” Psalm 122:1 It’s mid-winter in these parts. Bitter cold has gripped a brown and white landscape. The blue of a January sky is the coldest blue you’ll ever see—crisp, cloudless, steely, flecked only by slow moving strokes of… Continue reading Church and a Book: Broken but Beautiful
Month: January 2025
Hold Steady in this Trial
Trials are hard and we'd all avoid them if we could. We like comfort and ease, yet life in a fallen world makes avoiding difficulties impossible. Though we as Christians recognize God uses suffering to sanctify his beloved children, we often need reminding that each trial is appointed for us by our heavenly Father for… Continue reading Hold Steady in this Trial
Something Brief, Something True: Jesus, the Preexistent One
"Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.” John 8:58 But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,who are too little to be among the clans of Judah,from you shall come forth for meone who is to be ruler in Israel,whose coming forth is from of old,from ancient days." Micah 5:2… Continue reading Something Brief, Something True: Jesus, the Preexistent One
