Maturing in Christ

What does it mean to be mature in our faith? There are certain features we could point to that show maturity:  confidence, poise, what we say or don’t say, how we react to others.  We can be mature in some ways but not in others.  There are many confident leaders in business or politics who…

God’s Promise fulfilled

Throughout history God has spoken to us.  Eight days after Jesus’ birth, Simeon held the baby and saw his long held dream and prophesy come true. I wanted to continue my imaginings of what Luke’s first hand interviews might have to say to us today…   He was a permanent fixture, always there, praying in…

New Birth – A Shepherd’s Awakening

Has Jesus’ birth made a difference in your life?  It changed the lives of the shepherds forever. ‘The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.’  Luke 2:20 Yes of course I remember that night – how could I ever forget! I was only…

Expecting

Expecting – Elizabeth’s story for Advent I think we had both just giving up hoping, well to be fair Zechariah had given up long before, I had only recently begun to doubt myself. All his brothers had had their sons and some of them were already grown and getting married themselves, so he thought that our…