In 1719, Isaac Watts composed the hymn “Joy to the World” as a reflection on that psalm from the perspective of the New Testament church. It is a hymn proclaiming that it is for the very coming of Jesus—Emmanuel, God with us—that we shout with joy.
The same light that brought the world into being now enters it in flesh, as a child.
Dr. Cynthia Fisher (MACO ’99) One year, when my three kids were little, my husband and I invited some of their friends over to help trim the Christmas tree and […]
As noted last week, Martin Luther wrote this Christmas message from Wartburg, where he lived in exile after the edict of the Diet of Worms in 1521 that excommunicated him.
“Think back to when you were in elementary school or perhaps high school. Who was at the dinner table at Christmas?”
Fifty-two weeks ago I tore out a page from my church bulletin and put it in my Bible.
This Advent season over the next four weeks, we will reflect upon the sermon Martin Luther preached from his Wartburg Church sometime in 1521 or 1522.[1] This period of Luther’s […]
Dr. Gwenfair Walters Adams Above the fold: This is where the most important news commands the upper left corner of the front page of your daily paper, whether in print […]