The Christmas gift is so precious to the spirit, to the heart, that we may forget that it has power for events in the broader world. Mary’s Song reminds us that God’s grace may reverse the places of powerful and powerless, rich and poor. Here’s a transcript: It’s tempting to not think this week, because […]
December 16, 2018 Third Sunday of Advent Isaiah 12:2-6 Luke 3:7-18 I’ve been conducting an unscientific survey this week, and I’d like you to participate, if you would. How many of you think that I should begin all my sermons with, “You brood of vipers”? Anyone? As Kathy Beach-Verhey writes (in Feasting on the Word, […]
John the Baptist, who opens his sermon by calling his congregation “vipers,” gets center stage on the Third Sunday of Advent, the Sunday of Joy. His words, harsh as they are, do create a foundation for joy. They promote more constructive relationships than the ones we generally live. Here’s a transcript: I’m thinking about the […]
December 9, 2018Second Sunday of AdventLuke 1:68-79 In 1986, the cartoonist Bill Watterson drew his comic heroes Calvin, a little boy with a vivid imagination, and Hobbes, Calvin’s imaginary friend based on his stuffed tiger, wearing soldiers’ helmets and carrying dart guns. Hobbes, the tiger, asked Calvin with some puzzlement, “How come we play war […]
Volume 1: December 1 – 15, 2018 This devotional contains readings, reflections, and prayers for a portion of the Advent season. We ask you to read the Scripture, meditate on the message, pray the prayer – and add a non-perishable food item to a box or bag. Bring them with you to worship the next […]
December 5, 2018 I hope you’ve received a gift from me this Advent. Um. Don’t rush out to your mailbox to look for a package. I’m afraid neither my means nor my organizational skills are up to that. But do look at “An Advent of Giving” devotional, prepared with the assistance of the Deacons. I […]
This devotional contains readings, reflections, and prayers for a portion of the Advent season. We ask you to read the Scripture, meditate on the message, pray the prayer – and add a non-perishable food item to a box or bag. Bring them with you to worship the next Sunday. We will deliver them to the […]
Volume 2: December 10 – 16, 2018 This devotional contains readings, reflections, and prayers for a portion of the Advent season. We ask you to read the Scripture, meditate on the message, pray the prayer – and add a non-perishable food item to a box or bag. Bring them with you to worship the next […]
In his song celebrating the birth of his son John (who we know better as John the Baptist), Zechariah prayed this prayer: that we might be guided in the ways of peace. Why is it so hard? Yet it is so clearly true: we struggle to follow the ways of peace. Here’s a transcript: […]
December 2, 2018 First Sunday of Advent Jeremiah 33:14-16 Luke 21:25-36 Pity Jeremiah. All he wanted to do was worship in the temple one day, and he found himself appointed a “prophet to the nations.” He thought he was too young, but God didn’t. He probably anticipated that he’d spend his career echoing the reforming […]
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