A Day Off – or Sports?I was preparing last night to author a Thursday’s Thirst that basically said, “I am taking the day off,” until I watched the first hour the evening news. Every news story was distressing – missing children, abuse, murder, wildfires, problems in our government, … you name it, not a good or encouraging word. And then came the sports … “Hey,” they said, “The Lions are great, but let’s not ignore the Wings or the Pistons, either.” The entire sports account was saturated with good news! In a world so filled with scary miseries, is there any wonder why we love our sports? [...]
Kris, Nick and SantaThis got me thinking of all the variations of the original Christmas story that we find in cultures and in the songs we sing. Take, for instance, The First Noel. The word “noel” long ago grew to refer specifically to the birth of Christ, so my assumption is that the line “the first Noel the angel did say” means the first announcement of Christ’s birth. I’m fine with that. I’m even fine with the reference to a “cold winter’s night that was so deep,” even though we have no clue what the weather was like. [...]
December 22, 2024 BulletinIn this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. [...]
