Category Archives: Christianity
Today is the Day
It would be hard to overestimate the influence we still feel from a simple but courageous act of an Augustinian monk in Germany 495 years ago today. Martin Luther went public with his issues about certain church practices (like the act … Continue reading
The meaning of Christmas
I love Christmas. To me it means coconut cake, Christmas trees, presents, happy people and happy (if overplayed) music. Sometimes it means snow, like Christmas 2008 in West Linn. It was gorgeous! But the big meaning of Christmas can be … Continue reading
What if no one had written about it?
This morning I read the Gospel of Luke chapter 1, which begins: Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, just as they were handed down to us by those who … Continue reading
Despise not small beginnings
This post is about rebuilding. It’s mostly for me. I use the Bible a lot in my self-talk. Zechariah was a prophet in Old Testament times. He lived and spoke roughly 2500 years ago when the Jews had returned to … Continue reading