The most remarkable places of discovery in Christ are the moments when fear rises up, but we push down its power with the reminder of God’s enduring faithfulness.
Luke 2:1–7 (NIV) In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of
Rest can be an avenue for clarity and provide room for the kind of listening that’s necessary in faithful discernment.
For Mary and Elizabeth, Advent turns into awakening and brings with it all the hope and promise of something new.
What we experience as miracles are ultimately preludes to the full rising of light in Christ’s coming.
Isaiah helps move us from desperation to hope-filled delight, a sense that the night is coming to an end.
God is faithfully unfolding the completion of a promise, but it is not yet fully revealed.
The Bible firmly and repeatedly reminds us that the failure, brokenness, fear, and sin in us—not just in the world—will be gone too.
We worship a God that enters in, connects, acts with compassion and commitment, and shares his image with us.
Our stories through darkness redeemed become flickers of hope for others stuck in the shadows.
