Thought For the Week

Dear friends, We are now past the mid-point of Advent. The annual four-week period of waiting which leads up to the day which the church chose to set aside to honor and celebrate Jesus’ first coming. The day the Word, or the Logos of God, who was "with God and was God," came forth from Mary’s womb enfleshed as a baby which God told Joseph to name Jesus (Yeshua, or Joshua in Hebrew, which means “The Lord Saves”). He who was the Lord of the universe, and the Lord of God’s people, became incarnate in Jesus. Actually, he is the Lord of all – whether they believe it, accept it, affirm it, or not.   Today’s thought (as we close in on the 3rd Sunday of Advent) is about him, and the comfort that is ours in Him. It is by Jared Wilson, a pastor and assistant professor of pastoral ministry at Midwestern Seminary, in Kansas City, Missouri. Some may have seen it if you subscribe (as I do) to ‘Christianity Today’ online. It is from their Advent Devotions, Week 1, Day 7, December 7, 2025. ...

Dear Friends, I know that by sending these “thoughts” out to over 600 people each week, I am sending them to a mixed crew. Some of you are experiencing inner peace and great joy. Others are tired and going through stressful circumstances. Two friends I know are experiencing the grief of loss. Some may be looking forward to the Christmas season with a sense of excitement and anticipation, while others are feeling depressed or emotionally numb. Some may be going through what St. John of the Cross called, “The Dark Night of the Soul” (struggling to even believe, or sense God’s wonderful presence at all), while others feel like he is so close he’s breathing down their necks. Over the years I’ve walked through each one of those places in my journey with Jesus. Like the seasons of the year, we too go through spiritual seasons – not staying put in one, but entering into one and then exiting out of it into another.  I don’t know who is where at this present time, but I did feel led to pos...