by Shelly | Jan 15, 2025 | Sermons
God rejoices with us! The Sundays after Epiphany continue to celebrate the revelation of God’s glory to us as it was made known to the magi and to those on Jordan’s banks at Jesus’ baptism—today using wedding imagery. Our God rejoices over God’s people as those being...
by Shelly | Jan 9, 2025 | Sermons
Being a light that points someone to God The feast of Epiphany (“manifestation”) concludes the Christmas season with a celebration of God’s glory revealed in the person of Jesus Christ. In Isaiah and Ephesians, that glory is proclaimed for all nations and people. Like...
by Shelly | Feb 9, 2023 | Sermons
Seeing Jesus’ glory strengthens his followers Today’s festival is a bridge between the Advent-Christmas-Epiphany cycle that comes to a close today and the Lent-Easter cycle that begins in several days. On a high mountain Jesus is revealed as God’s beloved Son,...
by Shelly | Feb 9, 2023 | Sermons
Honoring God and neighbor In today’s reading from Deuteronomy we are called to choose life by loving and obeying God. Much of today’s gospel reading echoes portions of the Ten Commandments. Jesus’ instructions to the crowd reveal a pattern of behavior that honors both...
by Shelly | Feb 2, 2023 | Sermons
As salt & light, we can preserve and iluminate Light shines in the darkness for the upright, the psalmist sings. Isaiah declares that when we loose the bonds of injustice and share our bread with the hungry, the light breaks forth like the dawn. In another passage...
