The Light Still Shines

Have you ever considered how important light is?

This month we enter Advent, the time of year when God’s people remember Jesus’ birth and anticipate his second coming. While we often lean into the stories of Mary and Joseph, of a donkey and a stable, and of angels and shepherds to tell the Christmas story, the apostle John describes the story as God’s light coming into the world.

This theme provides an opportunity for us to reflect on how Jesus brings us light in the darkness. Our devotions this month, entitled “The Light Still Shines,” invite us to consider how the Bible uses the image of light, especially of light breaking into the darkness, to tell the whole arc of the biblical story. In this way let’s reflect on the hope, peace, joy, and love that God extends to us through the light of Jesus Christ, remembering together that the Lord’s “light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it” (John 1:5).

This month’s author, Chris Schoon, lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and has served as a pastor in both the U.S. and Canada. He also served as the U.S. director of Thrive, a ministry of the Christian Reformed Church in North America focused on equipping and encouraging churches and ministry leaders. Chris enjoys hiking, playing board games, and hanging out with family and friends. He is married to Hennie, and they have four adult children.

As you read the Today devotions this month, may you be refreshed, refocused, and renewed in God’s Word!

Begin with day one of The Light Still Shines here or download the full PDF.