Charles Dickens said in “A tale of two cities” “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, and it was the age of foolishness…” Sounds like our times today to me… In many ways it is the best of times for the church – globally the church is growing at a record pace. But it is also a time when it seems like we are seeing our world turned upside down – what was wise is now foolish and what was foolish is now wise. We as followers of Christ must

Have a Merry Christmas Did you ever why it is a merry Christmas instead of a happy Christmas? Why Merry? While we think of Merry as meaning happy, joyful or cheerful. one other possibility is that Merry means mighty like “Robin Hood and His Merry Men” That would give saying Merry Christmas a whole different meaning – rather than just wishing someone a happy Christmas – One would be wishing another a massive, huge, monumental, happy, joyful, mighty Christmas! A mighty Christma