When Ditching Your Responibilities is the Responsible Thing to Do

Is it wrong to have a family? Is it wrong to be in business? Are these secular activities inappropriate for a disciple of Jesus?

Answer the Call — Even When You Don’t Hear It

The very first call we have is not so much to do something, but to be something.

The Original Entourage

There are several important things to note about these prestigious visitors. They are Gentiles, not Jews. As Gentiles, they are pagans. In fact the term “Magi” is clearly linked to the word “magic.”

Even Sinners Can Have a Saintly Home

The degree of honor we are bound to give to others is directly proportional to the burden of responsibility that they bear for our sakes. No one has been given more responsibility for us than our parents, and so we must give them more honor and respect than anyone.

Did Jesus Have a Split Personality?

To deny Mary the title “Mother of God” would mean that God had not really embraced our humanity so as to become human. Rather, the humanity of Christ is hermetically sealed off from the divinity, as if Jesus were two persons, as if human nature was so distasteful that God, in Christ, had to keep it at arm’s distance.

Merry D-Day

The element of surprise is critical in warfare. And Christmas was an act of warfare. In fact it was D-Day, the day of deliverance. The preparation had taken centuries, but now it was time for the Conqueror to land in enemy-occupied territory.

The Master of Mystery

In the mystery of God’s plan of salvation, all must happen in its proper time.

Take Pride in True Humility

When people came, ready to honor John as messiah, he set them straight. He was not the star of the show, only the best supporting actor.

Santa’s Not the Only One Coming to Town

With a little twist, abundance becomes greed, marital love becomes lust, and piety becomes self-righteous hypocrisy. In Advent, these crooked ways must be made straight.

Take a Note from the Puritans

What has our society done with Advent? It has turned it into the shopping days before Christmas. As if we weren’t already distracted enough from the things of God, now it’s time to totally drown out the still, small, voice with the “fa-la-la-la-la” of Christmas carols.

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