Most people know that Jesus was born in Bethlehem. It's one of those facts about Christmas that has survived in our cultural consciousness—sung in carols, depicted in nativity scenes, and referenced in holiday specials. But here's the striking reality: more Americans can tell you where Jesus was born than can tell you that He rose from the dead.We know the fact, but we've lost the meaning.Bethlehe...  Read More

In the beginning, God created humanity in His own image—perfect, whole, walking in fellowship with Him in the garden. But sin shattered that relationship, separating us from our Creator. Yet even in that moment of judgment, God whispered a promise of hope. He spoke of One who would come, whose heel would be bruised but who would ultimately crush the serpent's head.For generations, God's people clu...  Read More

There's something profoundly significant about physical symbols in our spiritual lives. We are creatures who forget easily, whose attention drifts, whose hearts grow cold toward truths we've heard a thousand times. Perhaps this is why God, in His wisdom, doesn't just speak to us—He shows us. He engages our senses, gives us something to touch and taste and see, because words alone often fail to pen...  Read More

The Christmas season invites us into a curious tension. We string lights, hang decorations, and gather with loved ones, yet many of us carry heavy burdens that threaten to steal our joy. Financial worries, strained relationships, health concerns, grief—these realities don't pause for the holidays. In fact, they often feel more acute when the world around us insists on celebration.This tension isn'...  Read More

Life has a way of disappointing us. The Irish poet Seamus Heaney captured this universal experience in his famous poem "Blackberry Picking." He told the story of collecting blackberries as a child, carefully storing them in a shed, hoping they would last forever. But inevitably, he would return to find them rotting—a "rat-gray fungus" consuming what had once been sweet and fresh. Year after year, ...  Read More

Standing at the foot of Mount Sinai must have been terrifying.Thunder crashed overhead. Lightning split the sky. The mountain itself trembled, wrapped in smoke like a furnace, with the very presence of God descending in fire. The trumpet blast grew louder and louder until God answered Moses in thunder from the peak.The Israelites stood there, trembling, knowing that even touching the edge of the m...  Read More