Thinking About Lent
We are close to a third of the way through the 40 days of Lent, marching toward “the first day of the week” of a new creation era that Jesus’ resurrection brings. Growing up, I didn’t know much about Lent beyond the fact that the only Roman Catholic girl in my high school class gave…
Jerusalem, Jerusalem
The prophet Jeremiah served God in the most difficult of times. Jerusalem, the holy city, is in the midst of crumbling all around him. Before it is all over, God’s chosen people will be in exile in Babylon, and the Temple – that sacred building that served to remind all of the world, not just…
Remembering
Two weeks from today is Ash Wednesday, perhaps the most direct reminder in the Christian calendar of our need for a dose of reality when it comes to our relationship with God through Jesus Christ our Lord. I realize that “Ash Wednesday isn’t in the Bible.” But neither are church buildings, church by-laws, church boards,…
In Remembrance of Amy Graham Peters
12 February 1975 – 7 January 2026 Note: I wrote this in honor and memory of my oldest niece, who died last week. I share it here with the permission of her mother, who is my older sister. Please join me in prayer for the family. This is such an odd moment. It doesn’t seem…
Striving to Do Better
On this date, more than 200 years ago, on 7 January 1807, a ship named Fair American arrived in the port city of Charleston, South Carolina, with a cargo of 88 kidnapped Africans who would soon be sold as slaves to cotton, rice, and indigo plantation owners in the Lowcountry surrounding the city (Daily Calendar…
An Abandoned Church
If you live in a large, heavily populated metropolitan area like I do – Atlanta, Georgia, home to roughly 6.5 million people – you may be accustomed to listening to the morning news and hearing a story or two about fires. It often makes me wonder, “Why do I listen to the morning news?” Stories of…
Can Thanksgiving Bring Compassion?
My late colleague and important mentor, Roy McKinney, would often say to me, “Huxford, the greatest missing virtue among modern Christians is thanksgiving.” I always agreed – one of the few areas where I wouldn’t deliberately disagree to create an argument! I grew up in a family where, if you received a gift, you wrote…
Give Thanks – It is Good!
I recently saw an article declaring that “November is the month of thanksgiving.” I wish there had been a capital letter beginning the word thanksgiving. That way, the statement would have been less bothersome to me. November is the month our culture celebrates Thanksgiving Day, but surely those who belong to God don’t wait until…
God Gets Our Groanings
Do you remember the story of Moses at the burning bush? It is found in Exodus 3, while Moses is doing his job as a shepherd of sheep for his father-in-law Jethro in the wilderness around Mount Horeb. Out of nowhere, Moses observes a strange phenomenon right before him – a bush is burning, but…
Grateful for a Labor Day Example
While having lunch with a former student recently, I was asked, “How far is it from your house to your office?” I replied, perhaps in culturally trained Atlanta-talk, “It’s only about an hour, but I am going against traffic, so the traffic is seldom an issue.” I quickly added, “And for the last few years,…
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