Nov. 30/ 06 Thursday: Numbers 24: 15-19 A Star Shall Rise Out of Jacob.
This prophecy is at a time when we would least expect it. How is this to be understood? It is militaristic, graphic, it speaks of destruction. Yet, it is the prediction of the Messiah, a star rising. A prophecy by one who [...]
Nov. 29/ 06 Wednesday: Genesis 15:1-6 God’s Promise to Abraham
We are cast down from the heights of Christ glorious return to the reality of a barren couple now too old for conception. Count the stars, God tells Abraham, if indeed you are able to count them so shall your offspring be. We should not [...]
Nov. 28/ 06 Tuesday: Luke 21:25-28 Signs in the Sun and Moon
Quickly we move from the beginning to the end. Advent is about the end as well. We celebrate Christ’s first appearing as a human in the way of humans; as a baby, dependent, trusting, and vulnerable. It is a heart warming story of love, [...]
Nov. 27/ 06 Monday: Genesis 1: 14-19 God lights up the Sky
Is there anything more mysterious than light? Or is the mystery in the seeing; the eye that picks up the light and nerves that transmit and interpret what we see? In God’s mind eye there was light on that first day but in our [...]
Look to the Heavens
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1).
There is in this simple statement two foundational truths that dispel all speculation about origin of the universe including stars, planets, galaxies, and what we see around us on earth. Everything, [...]