An Advent Devotional by Dr. Kara Mandryk

An Advent Devotional by Dr. Kara Mandryk

FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS, I drove to Providence, and for many months, we commuters left home in the dark and returned home in the dark. Many of us know what it’s like to have to go out in the winter in the dark, only to come home and it’s still dark. It can feel...
An Advent Devotional by Dr. Gus Konkel

An Advent Devotional by Dr. Gus Konkel

MARY WAS EXPECTING; she was “great with child.” Joseph was hoping the events precipitated upon him would not come to disaster. He knew he was not the father of the child. On the basis of a dream, he trusted Mary, being assured this expectation was a surprise to her as...
An Advent Devotional by Dr. Randall Holm

An Advent Devotional by Dr. Randall Holm

HANGING ON THE WALL in my basement library is a framed piece of my early writing dated December 11, 1964 and written in pencil. It is entitled ‘The Meaning of Christmas’ and goes like this: “Jesus was born on Christmas in a stable and his mather name was...