Posts from December 2022

Posts from December 2022

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Dear Friends, It’s possible that one day, we will elect a President of the United States who was born in 2022.  It’s possible that some dramatic advancement in medicine or technology will take place one day because of work done years from now by a child who is today less than a year old.  If Nobel prizes are still being handed out fifty years from now, in may be that a recipient in 2072 will be someone who was born in…

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Dear Friends, We spent a lot of time last Sunday thinking together about Jesus’ prayer for unity among His disciples.  Here’s the rest of what I wanted to say.  A commitment to unity is a commitment to division.  Or to put it another way, when you follow the Philippians 2:2 model for unity (being of the same mind, having the same love and being intent on the same purpose) you will quickly find that there are people with whom you do not share…

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Dear Friends, Some days, what you really need is one simple thought.  One idea to meditate on.  Here are a dozen.  Which one is the one you needed to hear today? Don’t let success go to your head.  Don’t let failure go to your heart.  – Tim Keller “Advent means wrestling with the reality of the darkness that lies near at hand and cannot be wished away. What does it mean to put on the armor of light? At the very least it…