Christmas (32)
  1. Planking with Brennan Manning... Gillespie and Riley follow up their reading of Brennan Manning's Advent Meditation, "Shipwrecked at The Stable" by discussing why Roman Catholic theology, as Manning presents it, is so appealing to Protestants.
  2. It's hard wired into our brain. We can't help ourselves.
  3. Planking with Brennan Manning... This week, Gillespie and Riley dive into Brennan Manning's Advent Meditation, "Shipwrecked at The Stable," and they go deep into Manning's expression of Roman Catholic theology.
  4. God's grace and mercy in Jesus Christ calls all sinners to a celebration. A "those who sat in darkness have seen a great light" kind of celebration.
  5. The text says there was no room for them. And this should give us cause for a little head-scratching.
  6. Our relief when we're troubled can't be found at the end of all our preparations and celebrations, no matter how pious our intent.
  7. Jesus isn't Superman. He's not from another planet. He's from Earth.
  8. This time of year, Christmas time, the world isn't so much Christ-expectant as it is Christ-haunted.