Because everyone loves a good story
The Future Is Now: Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles
If Dr. Seuss had written a summary of The Martian Chronicles, this would be it:A human’s a human, no matter how far,And humans kill people, wherever they are. Oh, and also:The Martians are right to distrust every human,And so was the earthling who killed…
How God Saved Me: An Easter Story
Growing up, I heard the gospel (the good news that Jesus came to forgive us) from every angle: from my parents, church, story books, vacation Bible school, evangelists, and even Christian children’s records. Yes, records. I’m that old. But somehow my takeaway was always,…
In the Bleak Midwinter by Christina Rossetti
“In the Bleak Midwinter” In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan,Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone;Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow,In the bleak midwinter, long ago. Our God, Heaven cannot hold Him, nor earth sustain;Heaven and earth…
Jesus, the Bronze Serpent, and John 3
As Moses hung a bronze serpent on a pole to save people from venom, so Jesus hung on the cross to save us from sin. What a powerful symbol!
“Earth’s Crammed with Heaven” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
According to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, there are two kinds of people in the world: those who see and those who don’t. We all enjoy the same universe around us, but our reactions depend on whether or not we see God’s signature in the mundane.
Promised Land Pie: A Story and a Recipe
“I gave you a land on which you had not labored and cities that you had not built, and you dwell in them. You eat the fruit of vineyards and olive orchards that you did not plant.” Joshua 24:13 We moved into our new…
Praise and Poetry
Praise and poetry: what’s the link? The Bible is full of both, and so are the pages of history. Let’s see how one results in the other in Luke 1-2.
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