Month: December 2024

I think President Jimmy Carter is probably the best person to have been President of the United States during my lifetime. There may have been people who accomplished more during their time as President but no one has accomplished more good after their presidency was finished. It has been said that Jimmy Carter was the only President who ever used the White House as a stepping stone to greater things.

He is a great example of humbly working for the things that matter and trying to live out the way of Jesus in trying times.

Merry Christmas! I hope you have had a wonderful celebration of the Incarnation. Yesterday, I listened to a wonderful episode of Christianity Today’s “The Bulletin” podcast. The episode link is HERE. In it, I heard for the first time (or at least for the first time that I remember) this profound quote from Augustine of Hippo:

“Man’s maker was made man that He, Ruler of the stars, might nurse at His mother’s breast; that the Bread might hunger, the Fountain thirst, the Light sleep, the Way be tired on its journey; that Truth might be accused of false witnesses, the Teacher be beaten with whips, the Foundation be suspended on wood; that Strength might grow weak; that the Healer might be wounded; that Life might die.”

For me, this quote exemplifies so much of the audacity and humility of the Incarnation. When I stop and allow the mystery of God choosing to become human to save humanity to sink in, it silences me in awe. How great is His love for us?! I can barely comprehend it.