Posted on Sun 10 January 2016 in misc •
Isaiah 43:1—7; Psalm 29; Acts 8:14—17; Luke 3:15—17, 21—22
If you want to know what kind of a God we’re dealing with here, think about the Scripture we just heard:
With the psalmist, we ascribe to the Lord glory and strength…the …
Continue readingPosted on Sun 03 January 2016 in misc •
Isaiah 60:1-6; Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14; Ephesians 3:1-12; Matthew 2:1-12
Arise, shine; for your light has come. And, why is the Bible talking about camels? No, not the camels that the Wise Men may or may not have ridden into town. The camels from Midian and Ephah …
Continue readingPosted on Thu 24 December 2015 in misc •
Isaiah 9:2-7; Psalm 96; Titus 2:11-14; Luke 2:1—20
Christ the Savior is born on a Silent, Holy night. For most of us, probably, this is a familiar story. A comfortable one about the Son of God, love’s pure light, sleeping in heavenly peace on the …
Continue readingPosted on Sun 20 December 2015 in misc •
Micah 5:2-5; Luke 1:46-55; Hebrews 10:5-10; Luke 1:39-55
It begins privately. Quietly.
Sometimes it’s easy to forget this story — this prequel to the Christmas story — comes from an age before tabloids and email and Facebook and Social Media…it’s rare, almost indecent that we …
Continue readingPosted on Sun 13 December 2015 in misc •
Zephaniah 3:14-20, Isaiah 12:2-6, Philippians 4:4-7, Luke 3:7-18
Some days you’re the axe, and some days you’re the tree. (I was going to start with, “some days you feel like an axe,” but I thought you might have misheard me.) Depending on how you …
Continue readingPosted on Sun 06 December 2015 in misc •
Malachi 3:1-4, Luke 1:68-79, Philippians 1:3-11, Luke 3:1-6
“Where do we look for God today?” That’s the first question that my preacher’s instinct told me to ask (if there is such a thing as Preacher’s Instinct). But then, I thought maybe I should …
Continue readingPosted on Sun 29 November 2015 in misc •
Jeremiah 33:14-16, Psalm 25:1-10, 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13, Luke 21:25-36
Isn’t it nice to finish up a long holiday weekend, and the unofficial beginning of the winter holiday season, by going to church and hearing a nice reading from scripture about the end of the world …
Continue readingPosted on Sun 22 November 2015 in misc •
Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14; Psalm 93; Revelation 1:4-8; John 18:33-37
I remember when my dad would talk about how things would be different if he were King for a day. Often it involved the interpretation of particular rules of Major League Basketball. (“If I was King for a …
Continue readingPosted on Sun 08 November 2015 in misc •
1 Kings 17:8-16; Psalm 146; Hebrews 9:24-28; Mark 12:38-44
If you’ve ever heard someone talk about the widow’s mite…this is where it comes from.
And the traditional telling is all about how even though this faithful widow gives what looks like a small amount …
Continue readingPosted on Sun 01 November 2015 in misc •
Isaiah 25:6-9; Psalm 24; Revelation 21:1-6; John 11:32-44
Martha was a saint, but she was afraid of the smell. Wouldn’t you be? Her dearest brother Lazarus had died and had been buried four days in a tomb and Jesus wanted to open it up. I’d …
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