Well, it’s here. Christmas Day is here. It’s a day of stables and mangers, of shepherds and angels, of carols and celebration. On the actual Christmas Day, there was no celebration of Jesus’ birth. There was little food, no presents (no, the wise men didn’t come until later), and no decorations. But we’ve been making […]
Well, it’s here. Christmas Day is here. It’s a day of stables and mangers, of shepherds and angels, of carols and celebration. On the actual Christmas Day, there was no celebration of Jesus’ birth. There was little food, no presents (no, the wise men didn’t come until later), and no decorations. But we’ve been making […]
The decorations are up, the tree is fully trimmed, the presents are wrapped and the family is gathered. Everything is ready and we all kind of mill around, not doing anything in particular because we are anticipating all that is to come. For the Larson family that means a worship service with our friends at […]
Habakkuk reads like any one of us was writing it. Who hasn’t had a time when they have simply gone off on God, questioning Him and His decisions about this world, our lives, our families? Who hasn’t gotten frustrated, angry, or even enraged at what seems to be injustice from God? I know I have […]
Revelation has some deeply disturbing and frightening images. Our enemies will be crushed in the winepress of God’s wrath, slaughtered in the last days, thrown into the lake of fire to burn for all eternity. New readers are shocked at this given that we serve a God of mercy and grace, but, we say, God’s […]