What are you doing here?

What are you doing here?

by | Dec 20, 2017 | BLOG, Christmas, Incarnation, Jesus

What are you doing here? The Word became flesh and moved into the neighborhood. (John 1:14a, MSG) Several years ago, way back in the days of VCRs and DVDs, I went to a local video rental store to rent a movie. This is when I was pastoring in a northern suburb of...
Discomfort and joy

Discomfort and joy

by | Dec 6, 2017 | Advent, BLOG, Wilderness

John the Baptist was in the wilderness calling for people to be baptized to show that they were changing their hearts and lives and wanted God to forgive their sins. (Mark 1:4, CEB) One of my heroes is a woman named Carol (pictured above with her dog Leo). She...