The Lord is king! Let the earth rejoice: Psalm 97:1 When do you start taking down the Christmas decorations? Our community mandates that they are down by January 15. Some people start putting away the decorations Christmas Day. Others never seem to get around to taking all the decorations down. (I’m not judging. Okay, maybe a little judgment.) Psalm 97 is the Psalm for Christmas Day. I want to pause just a moment today before we move on. For so many of us, the Advent and Chri

As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it and said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes. The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side. They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of God’s co

“Then the angel said to them, ‘Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord’.” Lk. 2:10-11 (NKJV) “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.” Jn. 15:11 (NKJV) Wow! That first Christmas was filled with heavenly drama! An angel of the Lord appearing out of the darkness of the night s

1After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” – Matthew 2:1-2 (NIV) A treasured part of the story of Jesus’ incarnation…his birth… is the story of the Magi coming to worship him. You know of course we assume there were three magi based on the gifts that were brought and that the magi