The gift of someone’s presence can be an amazing thing. I can think of two examples in my personal life where the gift of someone’s presence was life sustaining for me. From these two examples we can ...

The promise of "God with us" is fulfilled through the incarnation, ministry, crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Jesus's life and sacrifice demonstrate God's love, commitment, and presence ...

No other story in the Bible speaks with so much clarity about the power and the purpose of God than the Christmas story. The fact that God stepped out of eternity into time is mind-boggling. When we ...

As I reminded you on Hanukkah, which has recently passed, our custom as the God Squad during the winter holidays was to trade off writing the column. Tommy would write a Hanukkah greeting, and I would ...

Concordia University Irvine’s 6th annual TV special Emmanuel: A Concordia Christmas Concordia University Irvine’s sixth annual made-for-TV Christmas special, Emmanuel: A Concordia Christmas, includes ...

Some years ago, a friend of mine was complaining about what he took to be the decline and fall of Roman Catholicism in France. His voice faltered, and he summed things up: “The French went in for ...

“Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future he will honor Galilee of the nations, ...