Holiday

“Hello Americans, this Is Paul Harvey…” With those words, everyday, news legend Paul Harvey told the nation another true story. The catch? Every one of his stories had an element of surprise–the “twist” was saved for the end. Mr. Harvey would share it, America would be enthralled, and he’d sign off with his famous, “And now you know…the rest of the story.” So with a nod to Paul Harvey: Hello Americans. In the beginning, God created everything. And it was good. Very good. But then an enemy came and fractured goodnesses’ connection with its Maker. Our souls were wounded, our relationships broken, and...Read more …

This is Walk the Way, I’m Jeff Klein. What are you looking for this Christmas? One of my Christmas traditions is watching Chevy Chase’s Christmas Vacation. Clark Griswold wants the perfect Christmas and is on a quest for its ever elusive Spirit. Clark will not settle for anything but the perfect Christmas tree. He spends his entire Christmas bonus on his family and strings thousands of lights on his house. He sets a place for every crazy relative around the Christmas table—all because of Christmas. I can relate to Clark. If this Christmas is anything like last year, I’ll search...Read more …

One of our family Christmas traditions is to load into the van and embark on the Klein tacky light tour. Over the years we’ve found countless homes that could rival Clark Griswold’s in the “classic” movie Christmas Vacation. One house has at least ten of those huge moving light sculptures on the roof. Another has so many white lights wrapped around a fleet of moving reindeer that they’re blinding to look at. Still another is completely covered with LED lights; the windows in red, the doors in green, the siding in that purple-blue and bright white all over the roof. It looks like...Read more …

❝Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.❞ (1 John 4:7-9) _________________ A few years ago I was given the book Loving Jesus More by Dr. Phil Ryken, President of Wheaton College. The title intrigued me, and I moved it to the top of my growing...Read more …

This is Walk the Way, I’m Jeff Klein. And I’m Pam Klein. Martin Luther, the great leader of the Protestant Reformation, once said this: While I drink my little glass of Wittenberg beer, the gospel runs its course. And Presbyterian Pastor Charles Henderson’s insights regarding Luther’s statement are pretty great reminders: On occasion Luther could take respite from all the activity of reforming the great medieval church, knowing that God is the ultimate arbiter of our destiny. No—we are not slaves to the news of this hour; we are rather servants of God who created this world and everything in...Read more …

This is Walk the Way, brought to you by Q Place, I’m Jeff Klein. In the midst of the flashing lights, blaring music and hype of the convention, the cross that lay on the center of the stage with a single candle on it, stood out, calling out to everyone in the arena. I had just spoken to students at a youth conference but I knew that my words were an inadequate substitute for what they could only experience if they’d spend time dealing with the cross. The cross of Christ calls out: begging us to understand what Jesus did...Read more …

“Jesus was crushed so that God could end this sin problem once and for all. This was God’s most loving act: to offer His only Son for a people who would never adequately be able to love Him back…providing our way back to the Father. God’s heart was broken twice—we broke it first, then He broke it again—on purpose—to repair the relationship that we had fractured. God’s resolve and Jesus’ sacrifice remade our relationship with our Creator and Father. And that’s what we’ll remember this weekend.” Jeff Klein is Q Place’s National Field Director and he is host of Walk the...Read more …

The movie The Way is a powerful and inspirational story about family, friends and the challenges faced while navigating an ever-changing and complicated world. Martin Sheen plays Tom, an agitated, easily irritated American doctor who comes to France to deal with the tragic loss of his son. But rather than return home, Tom decides to embark on the historical pilgrimage “The Way of St. James” to honor what was his son’s desire to finish that same journey. Yet Tom has no idea about the profound impact this trip will have on him. Cynical about faith, he has always been a...Read more …