No Creche in Our Lives

Many of us have found our sensitivities insulted and our convictions offended as court rulings removed the creches from the lawns of our city halls. It's ...

Christ Became One of Us

John Howard Griffin was a white man who believed he could never understand the plight of African-Americans unless he became like one. In 1959, he darkened ...

Glimpsing God's Surprises

The deer are in the forest, but often all you get are glimpses. Like God's surprises.

Newborn Babe

What a paradox that a babe in a manger should be called mighty! Yet even as a baby, Jesus Christ revealed power. His birth affected the heavens as that ...

We Are Shepherds

I read about a little boy who was in his first Christmas pageant. He was 5. He was one of the shepherds--you know, they wear their bathrobes and their ...

The Humble Ruler

There was a European monarch who, a couple of times each year, would take off his royal garb and, dressed as a peasant, go out amongst his people. The ...

The Mysterious Incarnation

In this poem written some 15 centuries ago, Augustine tried to capture the mystery of the Incarnation:

Maker of the sun,

He is made under the sun.

In the ...

Becoming an Ant

I read of a Hindu who could not believe in Christianity because he could not contemplate a God who would so humble himself. Then one day the Hindu came ...

Changing Places

The stunning point of Christmas is that God considered my needs and the worth of my relationship to Him to be sufficient cause to go through the trauma ...

A Stupendous and Astonishing Wonder

Christmas for millions is just "the holiday season." Are we losing the sense of marvel at the Christmas miracle? Why, this is the most stupendous ...