But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he […]

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Be on guard! Be alert! You do […]

“But in those days, following that distress, “‘the sun will be darkened,    and the moon will not give its light;  the stars will fall from the sky,    and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’ “At that time people will see the Son […]

Restore us, God Almighty;    make your face shine on us,    that we may be saved. Let your hand rest on the man at your right hand,    the son of man you have raised up for yourself.Then we will not turn away from you;    revive us, and […]

Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel,    you who lead Joseph like a flock! You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth     before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh. Stir up your might,    and come to save us! Restore us, O God;    let your face […]

There is no one who calls on your name    or attempts to take hold of you,for you have hidden your face from us    and have delivered us into the hand of our iniquity. Yet, O Lord, you are our Father;    we are the clay, and […]

From ages past no one has heard,    no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you,    who works for those who wait for him. You meet those who gladly do right,    those who remember you in your ways. But you […]

I [Paul] give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that has been given you in Christ Jesus, for in every way you have been enriched in him, in speech and knowledge of every kind— just as […]

Through Dec. 24 I will be posting a brief Advent meditation each evening. If you read the “Thoughts on Advent” below, the choice of posting them during the hours of darkness will make sense, but you can, of course, read […]