Monthly Archives: December 2015
This is supposed to be a quiet week between Christmas and a New Year. There are these two guys duking it out in my head — two of my favorites in this world. And they seem to disagree. Both are Christian men of God, their agreements are more significant than their disagreements: they both accept Christ as one born to a virgin Mary, who died for our sins, and who rose again to become our living Savior. Most of their disagreements I…..
There are thirteen Thanksgivings in the calendar year of the Narragansett people. Seems other Americans in our day only got 7.7% of the lesson, even though the Pilgrim’s own Bible said to always be thankful. The very same sentence tells us to rejoice always. Notice it is a verb: something you do, as opposed to a feeling. Christmas is a time for rejoicing in memory of the arrival by birth of Jesus. We are joyous because Jesus rescued us, and…..
Until there is company, a still silence Harbor ice presses the silence suppressed waves A flutter of hope for what lies unseen beyond A leaf of dark eternity in another prickly minute gone Ready, waiting For the bloom of God with us Waiting for Emmanuel A Merry Christmas all who wait! Order historical fiction novel Rekindled with the button below. Share This:
Edward Wightman was a successful merchant and left behind a family when he was burned at the stake in 1612. In fact, I went to college with one of his descendants, Bobby Wightman. The Bobby Wightman of our day is a historian, by hobby if not by trade. As a descendent, he was allowed to dress up in something resembling surgical scrub and go into a room at SMU containing an original copy of the book about the burning of…..
A review of Reza Aslan’s Zealot, The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth Reza Aslan is one of the voices in the USA media explaining Islam to Christians today. He is popular, because he makes most Muslims seem anti-extreme, a comforting thought and one that helps promote the unity of humanity against extremism in our time. I read his book about Jesus in part to calibrate his credibility. My theory is he will be similarly accurate when evaluating Islam’s…..