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14 mins read|12/09/18We enter into the brief respite of the penitential season of Advent with the call “Gaudate!” The theme of rejoicing appears beautifully in our Epistle and in the Old Testament from Zephaniah.
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9 mins read|12/09/18It is a question that emerges from deep inside. It comes from mounting fears, nagging doubts, and unsettling uncertainties. It is the question asked by one who can no longer pretend that things will work out nicely and neatly. All thinking Christians face this question at some point, but few have the courage to give it voice.
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8 mins read|12/07/18This blog is a part of our Advent series on the hope we find in, through and given by Christ. Each week’s installment will look at hope from a different perspective with special emphasis on corresponding passages of Scripture.
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11 mins read|12/06/18The incarnation was universal, irrespective of nationality, race, or even Christmas tradition.
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10 mins read|12/05/18As the church gathers in worship, however, different words reverberate in readings, hymns, and homilies. These words beckon us to get dirty.
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9 mins read|12/04/18Advent is the season when the Church declares to a world overwhelmed by excuses, lies, and cruelty that their Savior comes.
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9 mins read|12/04/18On episode EIGHTY of Let the Bird Fly! Mike and Wade join forces with Pastors Brian Doebler and John Bortulin to discuss the season of Advent.
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13 mins read|12/03/18Zechariah’s prophecy about John’s ministry also comes to us in the fullness of our time.
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1 min|12/03/18In week one of the Advent series, Daniel and Erick are joined by Pastor Matt Popovits. They discuss the relationship between Isaiah 9, John 1, light coming into darkness and God becoming flesh.
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12 mins read|12/02/18The Epistle aligns perfectly with the Advent proclamation of Christ’s coming (Mal. 3:2). God Himself is making ready the church for “the day of Jesus Christ” (1:6); He will make them “blameless for the day of Christ” (1:10).
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11 mins read|12/02/18For the next three Sundays, the Gospel readings put John the Baptist in the spotlight. This week it is his proclamation.
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9 mins read|12/01/18There’s no watch on the Lord’s wrist. No iPhone in the back pocket of his blue jeans. He did create time; it was his idea. But for him “the right time” is never our time. From our perspective, he’s either way too early or—more usually—way too late.
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