Jesus went up into heaven, so what is the big deal?  In fact, this is a very big deal, so big that for the first couple of centuries, Ascension was one of the most important festivals of the church year.  Ascension is not about Jesus having been done with His work and so He went [...]

A curious thing has happened in recent history of the Church in America.  Holy Week and Easter has been eclipsed by Christmas.  What is Christmas?  It is the celebration of Jesus’ birth, in fact the celebration of the miracle of God becoming flesh.  However, this would do us no good if God in the flesh [...]