Peace: Then and There and Now and Here (Advent Devotional, Part 4)
Why is it so difficult to achieve peace? Because life in a fallen world creates sin and dividing walls of hostility. This makes us rightfully call for justice and yet stubbornly withhold forgiveness. Consequently, a world not only of evil, strife, and pain, but of sorrow emerges. Yet there is one place on earth where […]
Peace: The Absence of Conflict? (Advent Devotional, Part 1)
The world is chaotic. Jesus’s world was too. If he was the Messiah, the Prince of Peace, why has nothing changed? Listen in as Abdu briefly reflects on Luke 2:8-15.
Between Joy and Hope | A Christmas Reflection
TRANSCRIPT Our family loves watching A Charlie Brown Christmas, the 1965 animated special (we don’t care much for the more modern sequel). It’s odd that something as seemingly frivolous as a cartoon can plumb the depths of Christmas. In the special, Charlie Brown is frustrated because his friends are putting on a Christmas pageant that […]