Monthly Archives: December 2014

The Day after Christmas

“Into your hands I commit my spirit.” Psalm 31:6

On December 25th we celebrate Christmas. With delight and excitement we welcome the birth of Jesus, God himself, who has come to be with us. On the next day the church has us reflect on the stoning of Stephen, the first martyr. Here the […]

Christbearers

“He chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before him in love.”  Ephesians 1:4

On December 8 we celebrate Mary’s Immaculate Conception, one of the highlights of the Advent season.

Before “the foundation of the world”—before God created anything—he had Mary in mind to become the mother of […]