The four Advent themes are love, joy, peace, and hope. This week we're talking about peace, but I wanted to take a different approach to it. I want to talk abou...
Don't wish anyone a "Merry Christmas" yet. It isn't Christmas. You'd be more accurate to offer a "Happy New Year!" than a "Merry Christmas." You might get weird...
We’ve arrived at the second week of Advent, the time of year we prepare our hearts for the coming of the Messiah at Christmas. This week we’re talking about hop...
Let's face it, we live in a love-saturated culture. Everywhere you turn you see television shows, movies, magazines, books, and other products all designed to g...
Advent is a five-part Christmas devotional from Chaplain Chris Linzey. To download, click here.
Let's face it, we live in a love-saturated culture. Everywh...
Our world really misunderstands hope. Often people see it as a desire for something to happen. One of my favorite examples of this kind of hope is in Antiques R...
Everybody wants to be happy. Everybody wants joy. It's the number one reason the little book The Secret has sold more than 19 million copies worldwide and has b...
The Great Wall of China is an amazing thing to stand upon. It’s even more amazing to take an alpine slide down the mountain it’s on with Chinese men yelling at ...
Peace seems to be one of the best ideals people can think of in this world. If you Google the word "peace," you will get over one billion results. The top 10 re...
What makes you joyful?
This being the third week of Advent, Joy Sunday, we were naturally talking about joy. It’s one of those things that the apostle Paul tal...
I’ve had it!
When our youngest was about three, she tried to hurry her procrastinating sister along, and then announced that she better get going, “Or Mummy wi...
Advent Season is here! I know that there a few churches that don’t follow the liturgical calendar, so people who are part of those churches don’t fully get Adve...
