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Our bodies on the journey

Lynne Baab • Tuesday December 16 2025

Who do I want to bring to the manger? Who might otherwise be excluded?

Those provocative questions came from Christine Sine, whose Godspace website provides wonderful resources for Christian spirituality. Christine posed those questions for Advent 11 years ago.

At that time, I was writing regularly for the Godspace blog. As I thought about answering Christine’s questions, so many options passed through my mind. Who might be excluded from access to God in our violent and unjust world? I thought about children, people all over the world without homes or enough food, and those with chronic illness and mental illness.

The more I pondered...

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Our way maker on the journey

Lynne Baab • Tuesday December 2 2025

“Way maker, miracle worker, promise keeper, Light in the darkness. My God, that is who You are.”

Nigerian Gospel singer Sinach won Song of the Year for "Way Maker" at the 2020 Gospel Music Association’s Dove Awards. She is the first Nigerian to win that award. The song was released in 2015.

“Way maker” is an evocative way to describe God. We can bring so many interpretations to that name. Many of them are relevant for this series of blog posts on life as a journey. I want to give you three of the connections that come to my mind when I think of the...

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Praying about the flow of time: Naming who Jesus is and praying in response

Lynne Baab • Tuesday December 10 2024

O come, O come, Immanuel, and ransom captive Israel.

O come, O Wisdom from on high . . . to us the path of knowledge show.

O come, O Branch of Jesse’s stem, unto your own and rescue them!

O come, O Key of David, come and open wide our heavenly home.

O come, O Bright and Morning Star, and bring us comfort from afar!

O come, O King of nations, bind in one the hearts of all mankind.

Notice the structure of these prayers. First, we call on a name or characteristic of Jesus, and then we request something that corresponds to that name. You’ll recognize...

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Praying about the flow of time: Why Jesus had to come

Lynne Baab • Tuesday December 3 2024

One of the best preachers I’ve ever heard is Paul Windsor. He taught preaching at Carey Baptist College in Auckland, then moved to Langham Partnership. He teaches preaching for Langham worldwide and trains local Christians who teach preaching. He is passionate about understanding our cultural context as well as the Bible. He talks about “the importance of listening to both Word and World.” [1]

He wrote a fascinating blog post in which he describes the major lessons of each of his six decades of life. In describing his 50s, he writes about “a way of exegeting.” He gives one example of that...

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