Episode 337 : Fleming Rutledge — And in him there is no darkness at all
Back on the podcast is our friend, mentor, and muse, Fleming Rutledge. It’s our Christmas gift to you. Thanks to all our listeners!
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Episode 218 : Laura Bardolph Hubers – Means of Grace
“I bring you news of a living reality that changes everything. Jesus has come; Jesus will come. Whatever your own personal darkness, it has been and will be overcome.”
Read MoreFridays with Fleming: Christmas Comes in a Burst
As Advent turns Christmas, Fleming and Jason talk about Christmas coming in a burst, the light shining most bright in the world’s darkness, and the need for white Christians to listen to the experience of black Christians. The audio is a little wonky in the beginning on her end…bear with it. It’s worth it. Merry…
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Interruptions
Four years ago, my husband and I discovered we were expecting our fourth daughter. Unlike many of my sisters who struggle with infertility, I am one for whom fertility came easy. I wish I could tell you the news of another pregnancy, in a seven year period (felt more like every year) was welcomed news….
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Holy Anger, Outstretched Hand
Isaiah 9:8-21 Rev. Fleming Rutledge says, “Advent is not for the faint of heart.” Contrary to the sentimentality we’ve ascribed to the season, primarily focusing on sweet baby Jesus, advent begins in the dark, forcing us to wrestle with the depth and breadth of the human condition as we await Christ’s second coming. “To grasp…
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The survivors of Jacob will no longer rely on sin
After Jesus receives John’s baptism he goes to the wilderness and meets the tempter. But he says No in the desert to everything Adam and Eve said Yes to in the Garden. He emerged from the wilderness leaning on the Lord as the New Israel and the Second Adam. He makes children of the serpent into the sheep of his flock.
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Empirically Verifiable
Isaiah 10:5-19– God is punishing Israel using Assyria, then Assyria gets called into the principal’s office. Just screams baby-Jesus-in-the-manger, doesn’t it? The problem was, the king of Assyria started to think his spectacularly great run of luck was all down to his smarts and good looks, as one does. “‘By the strength of my hand…
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Advent, Broken Relationship, and the Shadowy Role of Jesus’ Adoptive Father
Here we stand. Waiting. Promises not yet fulfilled. Bruised, scarred, often confused and lonely. And yet, capable of a bigger love than we likely ever imagined, even as we take our place, often in the shadows.
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Would I Even Recognize You?
This Advent season, a dawn has broken upon us from on high. It brings light to those who sit in darkness, and it also casts a shadow revealing the darkness within. The good news is that this dawn has signaled our rescue where we could find no strength in ourselves.
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The Long Longing
“As the deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for you, O God.” —Psalm 42:1, NRSV Yes, I know it’s all about God. But give me a minute to long. Or rather…therefore let me long. Yes, longing. As in “Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus…joy of every longing heart.” If you asked me…
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