The Father & Son
How Baby Jesus Makes Hope Tangible
Why start salvation with helplessness? The Christ child proves bodies and spirits mature together into fulness of joy.
Anna Bryner
December 22, 2025
Why start salvation with helplessness? The Christ child proves bodies and spirits mature together into fulness of joy.
It’s hard for most of us to resist the sheer momentum of America’s consumerist Christmas. But once you’ve witnessed precious families just barely surviving—like Joseph and Mary of old—it’s impossible to celebrate Christmas the same way.
In the perennial debate about the carpenter from Nazareth, it’s worth asking: Are we seeking after who Jesus is revealed to be—or who we personally wish Him to be?
When an idea becomes popular enough, however bad it may be, it can seep into all sorts of things—even precious, sacred parts of our lives.
A review of Who Is Truth: Reframing Our Questions for a Richer Faith by Jeffrey Thayne and Edwin Gantt.