This evening I plan to join a billion others in watching the opening ceremonies of the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games. I am confident that my billion plus friends and I will be treated to stunning sights, sounds, and sentiments. Together we will be like a crowd no one could number easily or ever, …
Category Archives: Hope
I DON’T SEE JESUS!
“But I don’t see Jesus!” That is what little Ari, our granddaughter, said at bed time when we asked her whether she wanted to pray. She hesitated or declined to say the prayers because she couldn’t “see” Jesus. She had spent Christmas Day with us, along with siblings and parents, and then had stayed over …
BABY AS IMMANUEL!
In a world desperately in need of good news and forlornly weary of platitudes we celebrate the coming of Immanuel—God with us—in the gift of Jesus Glory to God in the highest! Well, yes, but what about us in the lowest? If it doesn’t work for the whole world and all of reality, does it …
GOD AS BABY!
When you held your first-born baby, or grandchild, or any infant, you probably did not think, “This is how God was!” C.S. Lewis famously noted that the greatest miracle of Christianity is not the resurrection but the incarnation. If you can accept that God became a baby, the resurrection should not be a problem. The …
DEFAULT TO PEACEMAKING
In a previous post, I noted that the way of Jesus, from the beginning, has entailed peace-making. To summarize: In his famous ”Sermon on the Mount,” Jesus blesses the peace-makers because “they will be called children of God” (Matt. 5:9). In that same context, he also pronounces blessing upon the gentle or meek (5:5), the …