4th Sunday in Advent December 23, 2012 Luke 2:1-5, Isaiah 35:1-10 Several of us have spent the last week or so collecting, wrapping and distributing gifts and food boxes for hundreds of households that needed extra help to make Christmas a celebration for their families. What a madhouse. Literally thousands […]
A Day in the Life….
5th Sunday after Epiphany February 5, 2012 Mark 1:29-39, Isaiah 40: 21-31 My friend Katie is a talented and beautiful young woman married to a soldier. In the short time she’s been married she’s already lived far away from the people she loves. It’s sometimes a lonely life. But it doesn’t stop her from […]
Prepared for Good News
2nd Sunday in Advent December 4, 2011 Mark 1:1-8 “The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.” Good news. Is there any good news these days. It seems to me that the world is full of contention and finger-pointing, defensiveness and deep cynicism. For those who are jobless or […]
Whose Vineyard Is It, Anyway?
16th Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary 27 October 2, 2011 Matthew 21:33-46, Isaiah 5: 1-7 If you came to church this morning looking for comfort, I don’t have much good news. As we get closer to the end of the church year, Jesus is getting closer and closer to the end of his life. He has […]