Bible Reading Resource: N.T. Wright
Interested in reading the Bible? Great! Here’s one of our favorite methods: Biblical scholar N.T. Wright has written a series of biblical commentaries “For Everyone.” These commentaries put Scripture…
On epiphany and baptism
Naturally, we would all prefer seven epiphanies a day and an earth not so devoid of angels. Jim Harrison, 20th Century American poet. An epiphany is, literally, a “manifestation.”…
Family Outcast
In the Christmas story, because of the census ordered by Caesar, Joseph returns to his hometown of Bethlehem with his pregnant fiancée, Mary. When they arrive, they discover “there is…
The Christmas Story
We’ve synthesized the accounts of the Christmas story from Matthew and Luke here to give you a more rounded picture of the events that occurred surrounding the birth of Jesus….
Give Well
My first Christmas as the father of two children was the absolute pinnacle of parental excitement. I had it in my mind that this was going to be a year…
Gratitude
In his book Free of Charge, theologian Miroslav Volf shares a funny thought experiment. He tells us to imagine we’ve been invited to an all-expenses-paid ski holiday, flown to a…
12 Days of Christmas
We do a couple of cool things as a family for Christmas to try and combat the craze of consumerism. We divide the gifts we’ve purchased (or received from…
What Jesus Didn’t Do (Kindness By Omission)
On Friday, October 4, 2013 Jodi Detrick—special correspondent to the Seattle Times—published an article online called “Lessons from what Jesus didn’t do.” The premise of the article was that Jesus…
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