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Advent 12: Poor

I could, I know, talk about how Jesus was tempted. If we were working straight through the book of Luke, we would have to. There was some anticipation there, though I think that the anticipation was mostly on Jesus’ part. I want to skip that and move on to the first recorded sermon from Jesus. […]

by Jon Swanson

Advent 10: Missing Children

We’ve had moments when we have wondered where our children are. Once, when Andrew was 6 or 7, we spent what seemed like hours searching for him at a theme park. But three days? I’m guessing that we would be pretty frantic if we couldn’t find either of our children for three days. We would […]

by Jon Swanson

Advent 8: Consolation

Q: Who needs consolation? A: Those who have lost hope. Simeon was a man looking for consolation. Not for himself, but for Israel. He lived among people who had had everything. They had kings, a temple, armies, God. They were not just a people, they were God’s people. Now? Puppet kings. A temple built by […]

by Paul Merrill

Jesus had a sense of humor

(Paul Merrill writes here every First Friday) Jon and I discussed that today is April Fool’s Day. How does that relate to following Jesus? Simply this – Jesus had a sense of humor! He was as much a human as the rest of us. (See Colossians 2:9.) In a mystery that I do not understand, […]

by Jon Swanson

Moved with compassion.

Where was I? Oh, right. I was telling you how I write and think about you. Sometimes anyway. I ended by suggesting that God thinks about you and what might help you. If you are like me, you read that and thought, “Sure. A nice idea. But I bet God’s usually pretty annoyed with me.” […]