It’s a white Boxing Day in Memphis after flurries (that didn’t stick) on Christmas Day. Both very unusual, but not unprecedented. This morning I began to read Luke. What strikes many readers in chapter 1 is that Zach and Mary seems to have similar responses to the angelic promises, yet Zach gets struck mute in [...]
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Unprecedented
Posted in Bible, Christmas, Jesus on December 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Merry Christmas!
Posted in Christmas, movies on December 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Merry Christmas!
And another Christmas gem
Posted in Art, Christmas, gospel on December 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
And another Christmas gem from the greatest singer-songwriter in Memphis (my opinion, which is nearly infallible).
A Few Christmas Gems
Posted in Art, Christmas on December 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
(1) The story of the 1914 ceasefires in the trenches of WWI may say more about humanity’s love for soccer (“football”) than about humanity’s love for each other. But it says something and it is worth a read. (2) My friend Gerald has written a beautiful Christmas poem.
Silent Night
Posted in Christmas on December 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This is an article written by Eamonn Brennan of ESPN about a great Christmas tradition at Taylor University- Taylor University is an NAIA liberal arts Christian college in Upland, Ind.,and has perhaps the best hoops-slash-Christmas tradition in the whole wide world. That sounds like hyperbole, but it’s not that far off. What is this fabled [...]
Joyeux Noel
Posted in Christmas, movies on December 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The video above is from my second favorite Christmas movie (first is “It’s a Wonderful Life”), Joyeux Noel. It is the story of the French, German and Scottish soldiers on the frontlines in World War I who call a truce on Christmas Eve and celebrate Christmas together. I don’t want to give too much away, other than [...]
Better Days
Posted in Christmas, music on December 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This is one of my favorite “Christmas songs”, Better Days by the Goo Goo Dolls: And you ask me what I want this year And I try to make this kind and clear Just a chance that maybe we’ll find better days Cuz I don’t need boxes wrapped in strings And desire and love and [...]
Let It Be To Me
Posted in Christmas on December 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Our familiarity with the Christmas story might keep us from appreciating how difficult and even frightening it may have been for the people in the story. Luke tells us that Mary’s initial reaction to the Gabriel’s presence was that “…she was greatly troubled…” (v29). Gabriel tells her not to fear, and explains that even though [...]
Love Must Be Made Flesh
Posted in Christmas, Jesus, quotes on December 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The quote below is from Bono, discussing his thoughts while meditating on the Christmas story during a Christmas Eve service in Dublin: “It dawned on me for the first time, really. It had dawned on me before, but it really sank in: the Christmas story. The idea tha God, if there is a force of love [...]
Born a Martyr
Posted in Christmas, quotes on December 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“The whole of Christ’s life was a continual passion; others die martyrs, but Christ was born a martyr. He found a Golgotha, where he was crucified, even in Bethlehem, where he was born; for to his tenderness then the straws were almost as sharp as the thorns after, and the manger as uneasy at first [...]
