Faith • Liturgical Reflections Windows into Waiting TWI Admin | 51 min read Contributors from all over America reflect on the theme of longing and silence in their experiences of the Advent season. Continue Reading
Faith • Liturgical Reflections Marley Was Dead, and Other Reflections TWI Admin | 2 min read Over the years, our founder and Senior Fellow Dr. Steve Garber has written many short meditations inspired by the Advent season, reflections that bring us deeper into the biblical story and the broader traditions that surround the Christmas season. Readers of our site regularly revisit them, so we are pleased to gather them as a... Continue Reading
Faith • Liturgical Reflections Sing Like Never Before: Appreciating the Theology & Stories Behind the Hymns We Love, Part I Steve Martin | 8 min read This article was edited and co-authored by Joe Palekas. Have you ever caught yourself singing along to a song on the radio that you know by heart, only to realize that you’ve never actually given serious thought to the words before? Worse yet, has this happened to you in church? Your eyes and heart glaze... Continue Reading
Faith • Liturgical Reflections Advent Meditations: O Holy Night Baylee Eby | 4 min read If there were ever a season for the believer to recognize his or her worth and focus on the dignity of his or her fellow human being, it is the Advent season! Advent is a season of waiting, preparation and expectation for the incarnation of the Savior, Jesus Christ. The word is literally defined as... Continue Reading
Faith • Biblical Reflections Through the Eyes of Zechariah Rev. Dr. Bill Fullilove | 8 min read Let me tell you my story, now that I can talk again… I’m an old man, way too old to have an infant son. But this is what the last year has held. It’s a year I still don’t understand, and that makes me wonder at what God is going to do with all of... Continue Reading
Faith • Liturgical Reflections Let Nothing You Dismay: Songs of Hope for Christmas 2020 Rev. Rob Yancey | 5 min read In a piece titled “2020 broke Christmas music. Here’s what I’m listening to instead,” Michael Brodeur, the classical music critic for the Washington Post wrote this last week: “What if the songs of the season didn’t demand a mass emotional pivot, the obligations of cheer? What if they let in some of the cold? I’ve... Continue Reading
