Love is hard, hard work
Christian love is defined by Christ and follows His example as confessed in 1 Corinthians 13. Christian love lives entirely for someone else.
David Petersen
O give thanks to the Lord
The atoning death of Christ is the fount of Christian thanksgiving.
Mercy and not sacrifice
The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is lived out in the life of the Christian. We live in the in-between time, the time of sorrows. But this time of sorrow is limited. It will not last forever.
Jealousy in the brotherhood
Just as most children find it easier to get along with their grandparents than with their siblings, we in the Church Militant find it easier to honor our fathers in the faith than the brothers who surround us.
Peace where brothers are engaging
The Church Militant is not only fighting with Satan and his demonic armies. It is also fighting with itself. Brothers fight.
We shall not want: On Psalm 23
The words of the familiar psalm are more than poetry. They are a confession of faith: With Christ as our Shepherd, we want for nothing.
Unlikely Savior, unlikely saints
Of all the Gentiles, the Magi would have been some of the most unlikely converts and worshipers. Yet even so, they came and worshiped the Savior.