by Shelly | Dec 31, 2020 | Sermons
Christ has come among us! Within the gospel reading’s profound words lies the simple message that God is revealed in a human person. Though we may try to understand how the Word existed with God from the beginning of time, the wonder we celebrate at Christmas is that...
by Shelly | Dec 26, 2020 | Sermons
Christ has come among us! The psalmist calls on the natural world, celestial bodies, fire and earth, creatures, and all humanity, to praise God. The voices of Simeon and 84-year-old Anna join the chorus today, recognizing what God is doing in Jesus. Simeon’s song is...
by Shelly | Dec 9, 2020 | Sermons
Count me in 4th Sunday of Advent God keeps the promise made to David to give him an everlasting throne. The angel tells Mary that God will give David’s throne to her son Jesus. She is perplexed by Gabriel’s greeting and by the news of her coming pregnancy, but she...
by Shelly | Dec 8, 2020 | Finished, Sermons
Prepare for God’s party 3rd Sunday of Advent “Rejoice always,” begins the reading from 1 Thessalonians. Isaiah and the psalmist make clear that God is turning our mourning into laughter and shouts of joy. “All God’s children got a robe,” go the words of a...
by Shelly | Dec 3, 2020 | Sermons
Prepare your hearts 2nd Sunday of Advent John calls people to repent, to clear the decks, to completely reorder their lives so that nothing gets in the way of the Lord’s coming. The reading from Isaiah gives the context for this radical call: the assurance of...
by Shelly | Nov 24, 2020 | Sermons
Come Lord and save us 1st Sunday of Advent Stir up your power, and come! The psalmist’s plea in Psalm 80:2 has become familiar to us in the Advent prayers. Isaiah wants God to rip the heavens open. Both cry out for an apparently distant, angry God to show up, to save,...
