Events @ First PresToday, of all days seek Christ. Find him in his Word. Search him out through prayer. Go after him in the fellowship of the Spirit you share with family and friends. Be like the shepherds who left their flocks in the hills to find the babe in a manger. Seek him out, knowing he...
On Christmas Eve many churches celebrate the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper. This visible act of worship helps us to remember that Jesus took on flesh. It helps to remind us that the helpless babe grew up to become the Savior of the world. May this sacrament and this season be a reminder to...
Angels worship – and every creature in heaven and earth responds: “Amen!”
We never know as we go about our daily rounds when an angel – actual or symbolic – will spread his “glimmering wings” over us, gracing our lives with its unexpected presence. Let us keep our hearts and homes open to the unexpected “angel” – be it a family member, a neighbor, a child...
Even as the angels proclaimed the Advent of Christ to earth, an angel will likewise announce the second advent – Christ’s return to earth to claim His own: “For the Lord Himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, and with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of...
What a wonderfully comforting thought: that ministering spirits surround me at the ready to respond to God’s command concerning me!
