The Ponder Box Lectionary 27 December 2015 First Sunday After Christmas 1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26 Psalm 148 Colossians 3:12-17 Luke 2:41-52 Text to Life Comparison shopping. It is something we are all encouraged to do. Clip an ad, bring it into a competitor, show them you...
The Great Christ Comet Revealing the True Star of Bethlehem by Colin R. Nicholl In the splendid book, The Great Christ Comet – Revealing the True Star of Bethlehem (Crossway, 2015) we are provided with a comprehensive look at one of the most beautiful and iconic...
The Christmas season is a time when people need to be able to “understand” Christmas in a way different from the glitz of shopping, the twinkling of lights and smell of turkey and ham, the sounds of Christmas music, and the excitement of presents. Take them back to...
The longest days are coming to close for this year. The leaning into darkness will begin to tilt in a different direction soon. The promise of light is on the horizon. But for a few more cycles, the earth’s angle impedes the light . . . the light is shining, but it’s...
[Ed. note—Jaime was a close friend and colleague who served in the Western Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church. She died tragically last year, and this Christmas poem was one of the last things she sent me. I don’t know when she wrote it, but I send...
