(RNS) — The Scripture readings during Advent are a mix of comfort and challenge. On the one hand, the readings from Deutero-Isaiah (Isaiah 40-56) offer us comfort. The author was speaking to Jewish ...

The reading for today always makes me laugh. “Comfort, give comfort to my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,” it begins. And what form will this tender comfort take? Oh, you know.

Pastor Ernie Reno has been in the ministry for nearly 50 years, mostly in the same church, but God used the last 25 years to prepare him for the worst event of his life. Ernie (as he prefers being ...

(RNS) — God does not comfort us so we can simply be comfortable. God comforts us so we can comfort others. (RNS) — The Scripture readings during Advent are a mix of comfort and challenge. On the one ...

The Scripture readings during Advent are a mix of comfort and challenge. On the one hand, the readings from Deutero-Isaiah (Isaiah 40-56) offer us comfort. The author was speaking to Jewish exiles in ...