ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGSDecember 29, 2020Scripture: Matthew 2:1In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem… Thought for the Day: There are moments in life when the contrast between options could not be clearer. This verse depicts such a moment as King Herod represents the Roman Empire and its vision for the world, Jesus represents God’s vision
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGSDecember 28, 2020Prayer for the Week:Holy Light, you were born in a stable and placed in a feeding trough. Your first visitors brought with them a flock of sheep to your makeshift nursery, while rambling on about angels and heavenly choirs. Your story is wonderfully quirky, disturbingly mysterious. Some have suggested the placement of your nativity was to reveal your humble temperament, yet too often such discussions
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGSDecember 27, 2020Scripture: 1st Thessalonians 3:16But Timothy has just now come to us from you, and has brought us the good news of your faith and love. He has told us also that you always remember us kindly and long to see us—just as we long to see you. Thought for the Day: This may seem like a strange passage of scripture just a few days after
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGSDecember 26, 2020Scripture: Luke 2:6While they were there, the time came for Mary to deliver her child. Thought for the Day: Earlier in December, I was reading one of Richard Rohr’s Daily Meditations and there Rohr paraphrased the medieval mystic Meister Eckhart (1260–1327): “We are all meant to give birth to God.” As a man who has taken a vow of celibacy, I will never know what
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGSDecember 25, 2020A Video Devotional from Pastor Bruce… CLICK HERETo Watch
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGSDecember 22, 2020Scripture: Luke 1:66All who heard them pondered them and said, “What then will this child become?” For, indeed, the hand of the Lord was with him. Thought for the Day: Every parent has some unspoken dreams for their child. Will she win the Nobel Prize? Will he find a cure for cancer? Will she have an amazing singing voice that inspires millions? Will he become
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGSDecember 20, 2020Scripture: Acts 20:35In all this I have given you an example that by such work we must support the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, for he himself said, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” Thought for the Day: I had never really thought of this passage in the context of the Christmas Season, yet the example Jesus has given