I hope you are having a blessed Nativity. This week, rather than focus on the day itself, I want to look forward a few days. Last spring I heard an Evangelical Bible teacher condemn the Catholic church for its observance of “Holy Innocents” (observed Dec 28 in the Catholic church and Dec 29 in the …
Yesterday’s Gospel lesson from the Revised Common Lectionary, from John 1, is about the other John—John the Baptist. There is an especially vicious line about the religious leaders of the day. “Then [the representatives from the religious leaders] said to [John], ‘Who are you? Let us have an answer for those who sent. What do …
I ran across an album that’s not really in my lane, but has a great deal in common with two albums from two of my favorite artists. It’s an old story: an artist becomes a Christian. The artist continues doing their artistic thing which is (precisely because it’s artistic) is prophetic. Christians, like the people …
Today (Dec 4) is the commemoration of Hieromartyr Alexander Hotovitsky, someone I am particularly thankful for this year. After seminary he was appointed to be a missionary in the Aleutians where he served as a deacon. Little is known of that period, but in 1896 he was called to the cathedral in San Francisco, was …
Just Another Jim 