Remember Luke 2:10 from a couple of days ago? Whether you do or not, check it out within the context of the rest of that moment as found in The Gospel According to St. Luke —The angel said to them,…

This could have come from a United Methodist Christian — Joy can be real only if people look upon their lives as a service and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness. — but it…

Steeple-jacking!Wow. This saga keeps surfacing — https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/the-journal/the-battle-over-a-church-worth-millions/0CF37D40-DF82-4338-8CFE-3DBB1B8000E3

Luke 2:10 sets a tone for sure — The angel said to them, “Do not be afraid.  I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people!” — how are we doing lately with that message,…

That song from yesterday? Connected with all of Psalm 98. Especially verse 7, which for sure includes you and me. Here’s Gene Peterson‘s MESSAGE version of that Psalm — Sing to God a brand-new song.He’s made a world of wonders! He rolled…

If you’ve gone Christmas Caroling with me, we usually announced our presence to the residents of the entire neighborhood as you bravely sang along to me blasting out JOY TO THE WORLD on what’s officially called a pocket trumpet. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket_trumpet)…

“Joy does not simply happen to us,” wrote Henri Nouwen. “We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.” 

Our old friend John Wesley comes through again —“When a man becomes a Christian, he becomes at peace with himself, with his neighbor, and with his God.” — kaBOOM.

Sitting in the pew as what we then called a Junior High student, I was flipping through the back of the hymnal. The Baptism section had this line from St. Augustine as its opening sentence — “You have made us…