
Unsettling Advent 2025, Day 11
The remarkable part of the Christmas story is that God decided to come as one of us. The incarnation means Jesus cried out at birth, announcing the breath of life in the one who breathes life into us.

The remarkable part of the Christmas story is that God decided to come as one of us. The incarnation means Jesus cried out at birth, announcing the breath of life in the one who breathes life into us.

I am convinced that skeptics are suppressing inferential knowledge of God for personal reasons

The coalition has now done its part by speaking with one unified voice The question is whether Speaker Johnson and Congress are prepared to do theirs

People are not targets The kingdom is not a project

Advent teaches us that a shiny, gilded facade only serves to cover up the other side of the story. If we keep our focus on the child sleeping in an animal feeding trough, we might be unsettled — but the truth we see will compel us to live differently.

It s a point of legitimate hurt and disappointment that this company keeps profiting from its Christian reputation, only to turn around and sell out those same values

The most wonderful time of the year is, for many, among the most stressful

If we believe that the freedom of belief is a universal human right, then we cannot look away from Armenian Christians

Advent reminds us we are called to help bring the empire of God — not of any power or principality — into being, not deporting immigrant children, not funding the police and legions, not giving huge tax cuts to billionaires, not cutting families from life-sustaining food.

May God grant his faithful remnant discernment like the sons of Issachar We need it more than ever