We are not called to live in some sort of Holy Huddle protected from all the woes of this wicked world but instead journey with Jesus to Gethsemane, to Calvary, and to the hope brought with the Empty Tomb of Easter Day.
Travelling with Jesus does not mean we are immune from storms. It does mean we are safe in the midst of them and are given the courage to follow Him more closely
During ‘Twixtmas, like Mary & Joseph having been busy about the Festival we may have lost the Child at the centre of it. How will we use the rest of the season to find the One who came to find us?
if we knew ‘the hour and the day’ of our Lord’s return we might be tempted to behave a little more like Christ as the Day approaches. And what kind of fair-weather (or more correctly Apocalyptic-weather) disciples would that prove us to be?
The only power struggle in the Church of Christ should be that of competing for the last place!
True greatness is not found in ruling.
True greatness consists in serving!
We cannot hold on to the blessings of Christ if our hands are wrapped around something, anything, else.
We will not enter into the joy of our Father if we continue to seek fulfilment in the things of this world.
Jesus reminds us again and again that only the little ones are welcomed into God’s Kingdom. Why do we find it so difficult to heed His call?
surrounded by the dead and in fear of being killed themselves that they heard the news of the hope that was born in a cave in Bethlehem and escaped from a tomb in Jerusalem.
Describing the gift of Christ at Christmas cannot be done by th use of one name alone.
We find in the manger a gift so large that it does indeed ‘hold the whole world in it’s hands’
