This essay, “Jesus Was a Carpenter,” appeared in CGG Weekly on April 8, 2022. “‘Is this not the carpenter, the Son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And are not His sisters here with us?’ So they were offended at Him.” —Mark 6:3 When people first …
The following essay was originally published in CGG Weekly on December 18, 2020. The world around us is celebrating what many call Advent, the month-long buildup to Christmas that the more devout among them treat as a period of more intense prayer and fasting. Most nominal Christians do little more during this liturgical …
