by Steve | Dec 2, 2025 | Christmas
While traveling in another country, my wife and I saw heavily armed police and military personnel. Their presence was an admission of conflict and an attempt to correct it. Peace is the absence of conflict and presence of lasting harmony grounded in God’s presence.... 
by Steve | Dec 10, 2024 | Christmas
At this time of year, we typically go around asking those close to us what they want for Christmas. Most of us don’t need anything, but we make a list of things we want. In all of our obsessing about possessing and procuring what others are preferring we can easily... 
by Steve | Dec 8, 2023 | Christmas
“Joy to the World” is not just a familiar Christmas carol, but a much needed message for our world grounded in God’s Word. God broke on the historical scene with a miracle and a message of hope at a time of ruthless Roman domination in Israel. The angel declared, “I... 
by Steve | Dec 2, 2021 | Christmas, Uncategorized
On Christmas Eve day of 1994, I spoke at the funeral service for my maternal grandmother. This most memorable and painful Christmas drove home the reality that a season of serenity stirs deep sorrow in the hearts of many. Loneliness through separation from family.... 
by Steve | Dec 2, 2020 | Christmas
It was too hot to sleep, so my dear wife got up and went to the kitchen of our short-term mission home to get some ice. When she turned on the lights, the floor was moving—cockroaches, lots of cockroaches, scurrying to hide. Light exposes what is in the dark. In God’s... 
by Steve | Dec 1, 2019 | Christmas
When I was a teenager my Grandmother gave me a 1/16th scale toy tractor that had been completely refurbished for Christmas. I no longer played with toys, but this was one I had played with often while visiting my grandparents. It was personal, priceless (costly), and...