The former Dean at both Wake Forest Divinity and Candler School of Theology, the late Dr. Gail O’Day, explained in a lecture that “Advent is a season in which time […]
There are tumultuous waves that are too jarring and too loud. They pop like gunfire, they scream like missiles, they weep like hunger, they groan like grief. With every crash […]
Darkness suffers from bad PR. Images of fresh vitality and renewed vigor come with the morning light, while the night conjures voids of cheerful animation. No wonder so much of […]
Prayer isn’t a message scribbled on a note, jammed into a bottle, and tossed into the sea in hopes it will wash up someday on God’s shoreline. Prayer is communication […]
In the days immediately following the crucifixion and the subsequent resurrection, Jesus went around reconnecting with his immediate close-knit group of followers. They had blown like the wind as they […]
To all the believers at Countryside Community Church: Grace to you, and peace and comfort, to all those who have lost someone they love. I write in order to offer […]
It is often said that familiarity breeds contempt, and unfortunately it is true in many cases. People feel that knowledge of our past gives them a certain license to determine […]
