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…
Needs or Wants?
It can be very difficult to distinguish between our needs and our wants. Case in point: my wife once saw an adult student crying and asked her what was…
Giving gifts
Christmas is right around the corner. As an adult, I love Christmas because of the long history associated with Christ’s advent. I get caught up in the incarnation and overwhelmed…
What is Advent about?
Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! John 1.29 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The…
How to be together
We are heading into the major holiday season with Thanksgiving nearly upon us. At this time of countless gatherings, we thought we’d offer some thoughts on being together. The following…
Stranger Manger: recovering the oddities of the nativity story
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_wp_text text=”The strangeness of the nativity is often overlooked: The King of the Universe comes to live on the ramshackle third planet of a backwoods solar system in a…
Cybertron Nativity: what makes the Autobots rejoice?
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_wp_text text=”I’m always looking for ways to help my kids contextualize the gospel. I want to keep them thinking and dreaming, imagining and re-visioning. Especially since they’re pastor’s kids….
Recent Comments