by Kit | Dec 7, 2016 | Advent Reflections
The angel said, “Don’t be afraid. I’m here to announce a great and joyful event that is meant for everybody, worldwide: A Savior has just been born in David’s town, a Savior who is Messiah and Master. This is what you’re to look for: a baby wrapped in a blanket and...
by Kit | Dec 6, 2016 | Advent Reflections
And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. —Luke 2:7 So the long-awaited Messiah, God incarnate, was forced to make his arrival in a rudimentary barn that reeked...
by Kit | Dec 5, 2016 | Advent Reflections
He has brought down the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of humble estate. -Luke 1:52 How radical, how counter-cultural that God’s place of honor is not in the headlines. Or in the Oval Office. Or on the cover of People magazine. Lord, just...
by Kit | Dec 4, 2016 | Advent Reflections, Pin-couragement
I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Psalm 27:13 It’s been the best of times; it’s been the worst of times. Okay, I realize I’m mixing my Dickens references, but after a year marked...
by Kit | Dec 3, 2016 | Advent Reflections, Pin-couragement
Who am I that you would come to me, Lord? In the Christmas narrative, Mary, overcome by a growing understanding that she carries the savior of the world in her teenage womb, bursts out in reverent song. She begins “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit...
