On the Fourth Day of Christmas, Yahweh gives to us: A Teacher. On the fourth Day of Christmas, Yahweh gave to us: A Teacher. A wise teacher named Jesus. Not too long ago, I was in a book study in which we were discussing the spirituality of twelve step programs. For most every point made,Continue reading “On the Fourth Day of Christmas …”
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On the Third Day of Christmas …
On the third day of Christmas, Yahweh gave to us: a Savior. We use the word savior a lot in ChurchLand, but just what are we being saved from? The short answer is “ourselves.” I always say that free will is the greatest and most dangerous gift God could give us. God could have createdContinue reading “On the Third Day of Christmas …”
On the Second Day of Christmas
On the second day of Christmas, Yahweh gave to us: Redemption. On the second day of Christmas, Yahweh gave to us redemption. It’s a fancy theology word we toss around in church circles but do we ever stop to consider what it actually means that God “redeems” us. Outside of theology circles, I bet mostContinue reading “On the Second Day of Christmas”
On the First Day of Christmas …
On the First Day of Christmas, Yahweh gave to us: Presence On the first day of Christmas, Yahweh gave to us: Presence. Not P-R-E-S-E-N-T-S but Emmanuel, God with us, divinely present with our humanness. This is the very thing that we celebrate at Christmas – God coming to us as the baby Jesus. Stop andContinue reading “On the First Day of Christmas …”
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