Waiting for the Word

Painting of the Shepherds at the birth of the baby Jesus.

Jesus is not just God in the flesh. Jesus is God who *became* flesh. As a human, He was born into a family, a people group, a nation: the Jews.

Black and White and Red All Over – Pt 2

Jesus agrees to go and the crowd surrounding them goes too. But in this crowd is another female who needs healing. Whereas Jarius’s daughter has been well-loved for 12 years, for a dozen years, this woman has not been cared for in love. She has been an outcast.

Black and White and Red All Over – Pt 1

Maybe this was the work that was to be displayed in this man's life. Showing that the Person who had created the first man with clay was using clay to heal a man's eyes.

Olympus vs Olivet

It is not to Ilium that we should look for wisdom, but to Israel. To the personification of wisdom sitting on a mountain teaching His followers about the blessings of following Him.

Numbered and Known

Why can we trust Him and His omnipotence? For He sees us and says, “There are 8 billion of you, and you are all of more value to me as if you were the only one.”

To Know Our Pain

In the frustration of feeling like our identities are merely costumes for those playing a role, the power and beauty of the incarnation becomes clear.