Hoping Beats Wishing
Hoping Comes From Faith We’ve all found ourselves stuck in life. Maybe we have a habit that’s beyond a New Year’s Resolution fix. Maybe we’ve gotten a divorce, had a moral failure, or just feel purposeless and want something new. So, the question is: how is a life made new? And the answer is: faith. We […]
Come Boldly to God
Come Boldly to God When we picture the Christmas nativity seen, we picture Mary and Jospeh, Jesus, some shepherd, and three wise men, but the truth is, we don’t actually know that there were three wise men. We just say there were three because they brought three gifts to Jesus’ parents. What we do know is […]
Make Room for Jesus
Make Room Twice I have visited The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, and it is a powerful experience. Many people are surprised to hear that visitors can stand in the cave that Jesus was likely born in. Some people hear that information and become skeptical because they believe Jesus was born in a barn, […]
The True Story of Jesus
We hear a lot of stories when we are kids. Some are good, and some are not so good. Now that I’ve have sons of my own, I’ve gone back to read them some of the stories that I grew up hearing, and I’ve noticed that many of them are definitely not as good as I remember.