Today we begin a new season in the Church Calendar: EPIPHANY... Epiphany means “appearing,” the appearance of Immanuel—God with us.
Read MoreIf we don’t have the kind of relationship with God where God can speak to us & we respond, then our lives will just naturally conform to the conventional wisdom of our culture. And it can be a really decent life. It’s just not the life we’ve been called to live… it’s not what it means to be part of the Kingdom of God.
Read MoreOur text for today is a battle between the conventional wisdom of the day & the ancient story of a God who comes for his people in the form of a little child. And we’re encountering this idea that… Part of what it means to be the people of God is that we agree to throw in our lot with God over & against conventional wisdom of the day.
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