Light of the world, You stepped down into darkness

Out walking this Christmas Eve, I looked up at the stars on this clear, brisk night. The stars, the galaxies, and the planets are all amazing. No disagreement here. I love the pictures from telescopes. However, recently I’ve been taken with the vastness of space. The emptiness that far out-volumes the somethingness. There is more [...]

Should I Be More Like the Wise Men?

The Annual Magi Gift Exchange?
A Christian brother gently corrected me once with, “They were not wise men [in the nativity story], they were actually magi.” Magi (think magic) were kind of mysterious types. Some were charlatans. Generally though, magi were educated, well-to-do middle and upper-middle class folk. The magi of the nativity story were [...]

The First Christmas Tree

It seems only appropriate to post the story of the first Christmas tree. After all, what would the first Christmas be without including the story of the first Christmas tree?
The First Christmas Tree
by Ric Booth
I sought and cut down the very first tree
chosen carefully – hand picked by me.
I planted my tree so long ago
long [...]

What IS Christmas all about?

Some recent posts ask me, “What is Christmas all about?” I am reminded of Charlie Brown’s question to Linus in A Charlie Brown Christmas, “What IS the true meaning of Christmas Linus?” For some interesting reading (comments included) check out these posts on Sharp Iron and InWorship.
Each year during December, my email box gets clogged [...]