By Dr. Scott Rodin | In February 1974, I made the decision to follow Jesus. I did not choose Him that day, He chose me. For 51 years I have been a Christian. For the majority of those years, I have tried to follow Jesus. However, it is only in the last two years that I have begun to understand what that really means. This realization brings both joy and sadness. The joy of being on a deeper journey with Jesus is inexpressible. The sadness of lost years meandering through a maze of relational mediocrity is profoundly sad...

By Dr. Scott Rodin | There are many words and phrases that carry Christmas messages. Whether sacred or secular, they conjure up memories from the whimsical to the holy. The Christmas season is filled with them. Joy to the World. Santa Claus is Coming to Town. Have a Holly Jolly Christmas. Silent Night. It’s a Wonderful Life. White Christmas. Chestnuts roasting on an open fire. Hark, the Harold Angels Sing. These Christmas themes are nostalgic and heartwarming, a welcome relief from the relentless words and images that depict the increasing madness of the world in which we celebrate this Christmas season. Amidst the breadth of Christmas words, I want to suggest there is one phrase that transcends all others. Not only this Christmas season, but from the dawn of time until Christ’s return. It marked the single most important event in human history. It is a simple phrase with cosmic consequences. Isaiah prophesied it first. It was confirmed by an angel with Mary and its promise consoled Joseph. “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel, God with us.” (Isaiah 7:14) Three words. Three powerful words. On them hinges the fate of the world. If we believe them, if we have the radical faith to really believe that Christmas marks the unthinkable, audacious idea that the God of the universe, the creator and sustainer of all things, actually came to earth and bore our flesh, our brokenness, our fear, our pride, our shallowness, our fickleness, our doubts, our shame, all of it, if we really believe it, if we can even begin to comprehend it, if we will let it seep deep into our spirit, then those three words will change us forever. God with us.

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By Dr. Scott Rodin | There is one view of ‘Happy New Year’ I would like to encourage us to consider as we look to the year ahead.

By Dr. Scott Rodin | This is my final blog for 2020. What can we say about it all?

By Dr. Scott Rodin | Think back to the last time you faced a significant, critical need with woefully inadequate resources to meet it, when you had to accomplish something great and your assets to achieve it were meager. What was your response?

By Dr. Scott Rodin | In this fourth week, we will take an honest look at the temptation to treat people as means to our own ends. As you walk through your day, who’s agenda drives your actions – yours or God’s?

By Dr. Scott Rodin | This is our second week looking at how we as stewards live and thrive in the unprecedented times in which we live.