Common Denominator

Merry Christmas all! I woke up with the words from Longfellow's 1863 poem on my mind. I posted three stanzas on Facebook: I heard the ...

I was delighted to encounter an article this year (HT: Anthony Le Donne ) that suggests the following story line in Luke's birth story....

In the middle of spending lots of money and sometimes awkward family gatherings, may we all have a moment to remember that God so loved the ...

Wishing you all a joyful time of celebration with your families in faith. Celebrate the incarnation in anticipation of the life in anticipat...

Well written in a playful style, How Santa Hurts Christmas .

There is something staggering about how this day of immense significance passed by so insignificantly. I don't mean December 25 in the y...

Merry Christmas to all!  May you have a day like Jesus' birth!  May you have a day when you think of those who are usually overlooked, l...

I was listening to a very old Christmas CD the other day and it had "Go Tell It on the Mountain" on it.  One line in the recording...

Was struck by this verse to Oh Holy Night yesterday: Truly He taught us to love one another His law is love and his gospel is peace Chai...

Merry Christmas to anyone milling around the web today! What I most appreciate about Christmas is not the great significance the day has f...

Christmas to me is about God's Normandy invasion of a world enslaved to sin. It is God taking on flesh to identify fully with humanity a...

No one needs a Christmas wish from me today--you shouldn't be on your computers! :-) But since I blog almost every day, it would be remi...

No time for commentary, but I thought I might translate Luke 1:26-38, 46-56 this morning. 1:26-27 And in the eighth month [of Elisabeth...

I won't be posting regularly this week, but wanted to wish everyone in blogland a Merry (or if you're in England a Happy) Christmas!...