Luke 1:39-45; December 22, 2024; Fourth Sunday of Advent Truth be told, I never knew how to respond to this text. I mean, how was I supposed to answer it?…
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Psalm 126; December 19, 2024; Longest Night Service “When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream.” Sometimes it would be nice to dream again….
Zephaniah 3:14-20; December 15, 2024; Third Sunday of Advent “Sing loud, for on that day it shall be said: do not fear, do not let your hands grow weak. For…
Psalm 25:1-10; December 1, 2024; First Sunday of Advent —– “To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul” (verse 1) Sometimes it would be easier to just lay it…
John 18:33-38; Revelation 1:4-8; November 24, 2024; Christ the King Sunday ——- “What is truth?” For most of my life my favorite literary genre has been Historical Fiction. It’s always…
1 Samuel 1:6-8, 12-16; Mark 13:5-8; November 17, 2024; 26th Sunday after Pentecost —– “5Then Jesus began to say to them, ‘Beware that no one leads you astray. 6Many will come…
Mark 12:38-44; November 10, 2024; Stewardship Sunday —– It would likely be easier to say it simply. To say it shortly. To just focus on the widow’s offering. To celebrate…
Revelation 21:1-4; John 14:23-27; November 3, 2024; All Saints’ Sunday —– “Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had…
Mark 10:46-42; Hebrews 7:26-28; October 27, 2024 “For it was fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, blameless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens….
Hebrews 4:12-16; Mark 10:17-22; October 13, 2024; Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost — Encroaching upon the dawn of independence, he now disallows me from sitting inside with him. I can’t even…