"Herod the king, in his raging, Chargèd he hath this day His men of might in his own sight: All young children to slay." The arrival of...

Here a king without a mountain, No chariot to come to Him, Lean in close now and listen: "Prepare the golden diadem!” And I hear the...

O come, O come, Immanuel, and ransom captive Israel that mourns in lonely exile here until the Son of God appear. Rejoice! Rejoice!...

"Jesus is the light of the world, and he dies in darkness. That means that the darkness is not a place that incarnate Son of God doesn't...

"Say therefore to the people of Israel, ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will...

Over the past few days, I’ve shared a little about why the staff at Atlanta Christian Church decided to move to Zoom services instead of...

Yesterday, I shared some reflections on the train of thought that led our staff at Atlanta Christian Church to ditch pre-recorded worship...

Without warning and without notice, I put Southern Reverend on hold. Over the Summer, the responsibilities of ministering to a...

It's a challenging time to serve a church in the United States. The past day--indeed the past year--has been a test of patience and...

Below is a brief walkthrough of Paul's letter to the Philippians that I wrote for my Parish at Atlanta Christian Church. Philippians is a...

I recognize that people like Donald Trump, Joe Biden, and others in our political sphere are controversial figures, and I understand why....

Somewhere along the way, the Church has gotten too comfortable. Whether it is because people in ministry have clung too tightly to their...

Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever...

Judas is misunderstood. We revile him as a traitor, a man of greed and connivance, handing over his beloved friend for a sum of money....

“The best of all is, God is with us.” I grew up in the family of a Methodist pastor. When I went to grad school, it was at a Methodist...

It could be that I haven’t noticed it as much in the past few years, but it certainly seems like more and more people are decorating for...

Today is Thursday. It isn’t the first day of the week, when we still wish it was the weekend and we have to get ourselves ready to work...

Suicide is messy. When an older loved one who is near the end dies, or when it is someone who has long been battling a disease—or even...

Let’s just get this out of the way right now: if we believe what we say we believe about who God is, if we truly believe in the...

Since election season in 2016 ramped up and our new President was sworn in earlier this year and everything since then, it’s been...