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,...
by Shelly | Nov 19, 2020 | Sermons
Seeing and Serving Jesus by Ministering to those in Need 25nd Sunday after Pentecost On this final Sunday of the church year our gospel is Jesus’ great story of judgment. In the end, the faithful are those who served Christ by ministering to those who are poor,...
by Shelly | Nov 14, 2020 | Sermons
Use our gifts while we have time 24th Sunday after Pentecost Our readings during November speak of the end times. Zephaniah proclaims that the coming day of the LORD will be filled with wrath and distress. Paul says it will come like a thief in the night and urges us...
by Shelly | Nov 7, 2020 | Sermons
The Kingdom of God among us 23nd Sunday after Pentecost Today the prophet Amos calls for justice to roll down like waters. Paul urges us to encourage one another with the promised coming of the Lord. Jesus tells the parable of the wise and foolish bridesmaids....
by Shelly | Oct 14, 2020 | Sermons
Do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with our God 22nd Sunday after Pentecost All Saints celebrates the baptized people of God, living and dead, who are the body of Christ. As November heralds the dying of the landscape in many northern regions, the readings and...
