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“Even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.” Psalm 139:17 A big part of the reason that we fear the dark, from the time we’re children, is because we can’t see what’s “out there”. And so we fear the monsters…

That’s how the Gospel of John begins.   Aside from the verse that populates placards at sporting events it might be the most familiar of His writings.  It’s usually read around Christmas time as a reminder that Jesus is truly in the flesh. Interesting though that the basic significance of this is too often overlooked by…

The photo of the cross is from the island of Iona in Scotland.  I’ve been there three times, the last being for three months in 2015.  I went after resigning my position as pastor in the Lutheran Church.  I went seeking  a lot of God and maybe a bit of myself. Many of the people…