To Skeptics
When you note how
unlikely it is
for a virgin to give birth
for an angel to announce
tidings of any kind
for an infant to be
Israel’s God incarnate
I can only agree
and marvel at this improbable day.
More About the Seven Last Words
I hope that my hymn cycle based on Christ’s Seven Last Words helps you reflect on Good Friday and Easter this year. If you’re from a church tradition that doesn’t have a service observing the Seven Last Words (like mine), here is some background about these sayings. They aren’t “words” per se, but the [...]
Consider the Raven
Today I was reading one of my favorite (and most challenging) of Jesus’ teachings: do not worry.
Here is what Leon Morris has to say about Luke 12:24:
Jesus reinforces this [teaching] with an appeal to the ravens (or ‘crows’, Goodspeed, GNB), mentioned here only in the New Testament (they are the objects of God’s care [...]
