In him was life and that life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness and the darkness could not overcome it. – John 1:4-5 When I was in Seminary, I was on staff at First UMC in Crossville, TN and would commute 170 miles each way up Highway 127...
Most churches offer some kind of a Christmas Eve service, but few put on a true Midnight Mass, which just happens to have been my mom’s favorite service of the year. The tradition started many hundreds of years ago when Christians began to hold vigils in preparation for...
You are the light of the world… - Matthew 5:14 At Christmas time, I have very fond memories of going up north to our family cottage by the lake. Our cottage was in northern Michigan, and the lake would usually be so frozen that you could actually drive your pick-up...
The Shortest Day So the shortest day came, and the year died,And everywhere down the centuries of the snow-white worldCame people singing, dancing,To drive the dark away. They lighted candles in the winter trees;They hung their homes with evergreen;They burned beseeching fires all night longTo...
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. -Genesis 1:3-4 One of my favorite places to go is to the mountains. The smells, sounds, and sights are a balm to my...
The dark shadow of space leans over us… We are mindful that the darkness of greed, exploitation, and hatred also lengthens its shadow over our small planet Earth. As our ancestors feared death and evil and all the dark powers of winter, we fear that the darkness of war...
Thunder rumbles in the mountain passes And lightning rattles the eaves of our houses. Flood waters await us in our avenues. Snow falls upon snow, falls upon snow to avalanche Over unprotected villages. The sky slips low and grey and threatening. We question ourselves. What have we done to...
In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it. -John 1:4-5. I love Christmas lights. They are one of my favorite things about Christmas. They feel warm and comfortable and bring with them...
Christmas Lights and decorating for the holidays have always been a tradition for me. My favorite memories are decorating with my 6th grade Sunday school classes over the years. When we met in the Spain House, our classroom was upstairs, and the tree was always placed in front of the window...
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. -John 1:5 Have you ever experienced real darkness? I am not talking about a dark room inside your house or even the darkness of the night sky. When I was younger, my family took a trip to Mammoth Cave. It was...
