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 up for it ever since! Our celebration today is just a small part of the full party that God has […]
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 up for it ever since! Our celebration today is just a small part of the full party that God has […]
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 LCC, then our annual Christmas Eve fondue followed by unwrapping the gifts from each other and the California family. Then […]
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 numerous times. It always amazes me to see God’s patience with us in situations like this. Whether it is Abraham […]
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 patience is limited and eventually there will be a reckoning. But since we’ve been reading in the prophets of the […]