St. Tim's Devotion Blog

“Fling Wide the Door” (ELW 259) God has chosen to engage and work with imperfect and average people to do new things in history. This is what Christmas is all about. Jesus was not born to perfect parents. Nor was he born in a vacuum. The message of his birth came...

Luke 2:1-20 Although so much of the Christmas story is focused on the sweet, domestic scene of Jesus with his two parents, there is no singular model of “family,” either in modernity or in the Bible. God has not restricted God’s appearance on earth to a...

Luke 2:1-20 Next to Joseph, there is no question that Mary exhibited tremendous bravery and persistence in carrying the unborn Christ on the back of a donkey at nine months pregnant. It most definitely was not a comfortable—or safe—ride. Not only was Jesus’ life...

Luke 2:1-20 One overlooked figure in this incredible story is Joseph. Who was this amazing man who took his pregnant fiancée—most likely under a cloud of shame—to be counted in the emperor’s census? Although Jesus preached that his Father was God in heaven (see, for...

Titus 2:11–14 This passage in Titus reminds us that Christ is coming not just to celebrate with us, but to teach us and purify us. This is an opportunity to reflect upon how our own struggles for survival and comfort have left little room for the trees, seas, and...