This Week Happy Epiphany You won’t find Epiphany greeting cards, and you won’t receive Epiphany gifts. We won’t blow noisemakers and raise a glass to toast the celebration. Epiphany comes and goes rather silently. But we who find value in a “church year,” annual reminders of key events of Christ’s life for us, treasure the…

This Week Another year of God’s grace to a sinful world has passed; 365 days of forbearance, an untold number of transgressions forgiven . . . every day. Who can count the stars in the sky, the sand on the seashore, or reckon the crimes of a lifetime? Wisdom can. Psalm 90 is a wisdom…

This Week When a friend describes someone as, “a straight-shooter,” or says, “you know where you stand with her,” you know your friend means you can trust that person. Christmas is God’s message to you, “You can trust me.” He took a long time to keep his promise to send the Savior, but he did.…

This Week A unique birth announcement New parents have throughout history heralded the birth of a child in different ways: a town crier, community bulletin board, local paper, U.S. mail, and more recently Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Snapchat. But read Luke 2:8-20 and discover a unique kind of birth announcement. Highlights Events and ministry news…

This Week A baby’s kick Pregnant women know what it’s like to have a baby in the womb give a good kick. Two thousand years ago, a woman named Elizabeth was miraculously pregnant with John the Baptist. Her relative Mary was in the same condition, only with an even more miraculous baby: the Son of God.…

This Week O Come, All You . . . Unfaithful Have you noticed more lights on these days? We light candles and put up lights as a reminder: Jesus is the light of the world. The world is filled with people in darkness, people who don’t know God, and people who do know him but…

This Week Come All You Unfaithful An interviewer asked a British philosopher, “What’s wrong with the world?” He replied, “I am.” He got it right. It’s been that way since the fall. But Jesus came to the fallen and made us right. And when he returns, he’ll make the broken world whole again. Join other…

This Week What does it take to finish well? The answer to that question depends on who you are and what you’re finishing: an athlete finishing a competition, a student finishing a degree, or a musician finishing a piece. Think bigger. What about your life? It’s a long life. What are you going to do to finish…

This Week The End If the book you’re reading has drawn you in and made you feel like a part of the story, “The End” makes your heart sink. What? No! You knew it was coming. You felt the pages in your right hand getting thinner. And you vow to read the sequel, or watch the next…

This Week Words matter Whoever said, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never harm me,” was either lying or just not very bright. God doesn’t lie, he’s very bright, and he has said, “The tongue has the power of life and death” (Proverbs 18:21). When the apostle Paul finally made it…