I absolutely love Christmas. I love the lights. I love the smell of pine. I love the presents—giving and receiving. I love the music. I love the food. I love the family time. I love just about everything there is about Christmas. But this should come as no surprise: What I love most is Jesus. Continue reading “Just Another Christmas Miracle”
A Thanksgiving Sacrifice
On October 3rd, 1863, amidst the tragedy of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln penned these lasting words:
“In the midst of a civil war of unequaled magnitude and severity, which has sometimes seemed to foreign states to invite and to provoke their aggression, peace has been preserved with all nations, order has been maintained, the laws have been respected and obeyed, and harmony has prevailed everywhere, except in the theater of military conflict… Continue reading “A Thanksgiving Sacrifice”
Good News: Be Vulnerable!
James Hudson Taylor (1832-1905) was a remarkable man, one I have come to admire. He was a missionary who spent fifty-one years founding the China Inland Mission. That résumé bullet was not easy to attain. In fact, I would venture to say that very few have the same grit and faithfulness Taylor had in preparation. Taylor was not a rich man; neither was he skilled, and he was even scorned by his own church when proposing missionary work in what they called “barbaric” China. Continue reading “Good News: Be Vulnerable!”