Dear Friends, And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn (Luke 2:7) What if Jesus had been born in a luxurious palace surrounded by attendants and guards? What if he had been
Devotional
A Word of Grace – December 12, 2012
“God can use anyone.” That’s what I was often told in childhood. Many of you were probably told the same thing on the principle that we need to be ready and open to serve God in any circumstance. What does this mean in practice? What does a life useful to or used by God look
A Word of Grace – Dec 3, 2012
Dear Friends, This message is based on a journal entry I made on a visit to New Mexico in November of 2011. . . . The dry cottonwood duff crunches beneath my feet as I walk to the bank of the upper Rio Grande in the late autumn twilight. An icy north wind hints of
A Word of Grace – Nov 26, 2012
Dear Friends, Sunset is a time of relief. That’s why sailors like to see a brilliant sunset. It usually means that a storm is clearing. It gave rise to an ancient mariner’s proverb that Jesus quoted to the Pharisees and the Sadducees: “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the
A Word of Grace – Nov 19, 2012
Note: Two word of Grace articles have been posted this week since we didn’t post last week while we were away in Texas for the recent C.S. Lewis Retreat at Camp Allen in Navasota, Texas. Dear Friends, . . . and Mattaniah, who with his associates was in charge of the songs of thanksgiving (Neh 12:8).