Then comes Advent, with all its happy memories for us…. Life in a prison cell may well be compared to Advent: one waits, hopes, and does this, that, or the other — things that are really of no consequence — the door is shut, and can only be opened from the outside. Letter from Dietrich…

A people in darkness: let me add a personal word. This phrase touched me directly when in 1945 we were driven in endless and desolate columns into the prisoner-of-war camps, the sticks of guards at our sides, with hungry stomachs and empty hearts and curses on our lips. But many of us then, and I…

I wish that I could give people solid answers to all of their questions about God. I wish I could tell them exactly why their children die, why their loved ones fall ill, why pain comes to all of us. Though I can point again and again to Scripture, though I can assure people over…

A little music for Monday. Maybe something that helps us remember Jesus’ suffering, even in this season of preparation for the joy of Christmas, would be appropriate.     + Matthew 2:1-18 Each day of Advent, we will post here a brief meditation on the Coming of Christ; please come back throughout Advent for reflections,…