The challenge of Christmas

  Well, yeah: peace, joy, good will.  We all want that.  Who wouldn’t?  Umm, King Herod wasn’t very happy about it.  You remember the story in Matthew 2 – after Jesus was born one of those angels appeared to Joseph and told him to take the child and Mary and run for Egypt because “Herod […]

How Jesus became king

A lion woke up one morning in the jungle and felt pretty proud of himself.  He decided to take a walk.  He came across a monkey eating bananas and yelled, “Hey, monkey, who’s the king of the jungle?” and let out a tree-shaking roar.  The monkey bowed low and said, “You, great lion, you are […]