Making the meme circuit again this Christmas is a new classic that takes on the almost-30-year-old question: Mary, did you know?
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An Extra Candle
Special days and seasons tend to have a polarizing effect on our emotions and spiritual lives. Do you feel this every year too?
Where Christmas Starts
The first lesson of Christmas is to keep showing up even when your miracle hasn’t.
On Death, COVID-19, and Easter
Like my brothers in the prison, suddenly we are all hoping that death won’t have the last word.
Being Re-Membered
If Holy Thursday teaches us anything, it’s that Jesus is in the business of putting souls back together that have been torn apart by grief and fear.
Dark Season, Renewed Hope
What will follow this season remains to be seen, but it will certainly alter what church looks like and how we practice the way of Jesus. What should leaders do as we enter into this uncertain and challenging time?
Passion Week Meditation
What’s a congregation to do? In these days of sheltering in place and quarantine and physical distancing, who is going to show up and celebrate an empty tomb?
Articles for the Season of Lent
I invite you to explore this collection of Lenten articles and sermons from the Mosaic archives.
Preaching in the “After Easter”
At the core of our preaching is actually an empty tomb. An absence. Something we cannot see.
Waiting for Easter
I wonder what Jesus’s followers did in the long hours between the death and resurrection. It was only a couple of days, but it likely felt like an eternity.
Into the Wild: An Advent Reflection
We tend to think about wilderness as a place, but a shack is a visible reminder that wilderness is a force, always pushing back against order and security.
Advent and Christmas Collection
Whether you’re relatively new to Advent or know it like an old friend, I hope you find meaningful insights in this archive of Advent-related articles.
Messy Mangers
Waiting for a baby strengthens the hope, peace, joy, and love, crafting the manger that holds the baby. This is what Advent offers the church.
Keeping Santa Claus in Christmas
Before we completely throw him under the bus, let’s consider what Santa Claus brings to the Christmas table.
Marshmallows, Advent, and Waiting for the Best
Advent is the season of waiting, so they say. Waiting for the Messiah king to come. Waiting for God to show up.
Using Christmas to Grow a Small Church
May I suggest that we reevaluate our opinion of the season and use it for the cause of Christ?
“What Is Truth?”
The question hangs in the air because the answer will come not through the words of Jesus, but through the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus.
New Creation: Lenten Reflection
It is a profound thought. The notion that our God is capable of creating a new world. Of calling into being things that were not.
Confessions from the Wilderness
I have been in an unexpected wilderness for the past four weeks, as my depression has stepped out of line for no apparent reason, and is upsetting my routine.
Raising Up Prophets
There are plenty of epiphanies in this season called Epiphany, plenty of “aha” moments when God breaks into everyday life and reveals that he is up to something that will change everything forever.