He was in the world, and the world came into being through him; yet the world did not know him. Can you hear the heartbreak in this verse? Or maybe it’s less about hearing and more about feeling. Imagine coming home after a long journey and finding no one there. No lights in the...

In the beginning was the Word…. Readers of Scripture over the centuries have been taken by John’s choice of words in these introductory verses of his Gospel. People often refer to these first eighteen verses as the Prologue, the words before the main word. Prologues open up a story, set...