The True Light

Dec 13, 2023 | Advent Blog 2023

Home > Advent Blog 2023 The True LightDecember 13, 2023 Revelation 19:5-8  |  Psalm 131  |  John 1:9-149″The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.10 He was in the world, and the world came into being through him; yet the world did...

Things That Matter

Dec 12, 2023 | Advent Blog 2023

Home > Advent Blog 2023 Things That Matter December 12, 2023 I keep thinking about Jonathan’s sermon from Sunday, Nov. 26th. If you missed it, go to YouTube… Watch… Listen… REALLY LISTEN… I know… I know… Jonathan’s sermon wasn’t an ADVENT sermon… It wasn’t Advent...

Shepherding Community

Dec 11, 2023 | Advent Blog 2023

Home > Advent Blog 2023 Shepherding Community December 11, 2023 1 Corinthians 1  |  Psalm 18:1-6, 18-20  |  John 10:11-18The themes of division and community thread through both 1st Corinthians and today’s Gospel. Today, as in long ago Corinth, we are all too...

Where do you find Peace?

Dec 10, 2023 | Advent Blog 2023

Home > Advent Blog 2023 Where do you find Peace? December 10, 2023 Isaiah 40:1-11  |  Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13  |  2 Peter 3:8-15a  |  Mark 1:1-8Psalm: 85:8  “I will listen to what the Lord God is saying, for he is speaking peace to his faithful people and to those who...

A lot to think about…

Dec 9, 2023 | Advent Blog 2023

Home > Advent Blog 2023 A lot to think about… December 9, 2023 Amos 5:18-27  |  Psalm 20-21  |  Jude 17-25  |  Matthew 22:15-22In the Amos reading, while this passage is about darkness rather than light, this is the verse that speaks to me: 24But let justice roll...

Hope and Grace

Dec 8, 2023 | Advent Blog 2023

Home > Advent Blog 2023 Hope and Grace December 8, 2023 Isaiah 64:1-9   |  Psalm 80:1-7, 16-18  |   1 Corinthians 1:3-9  |  Mark 13:24-37My first reading of today’s selected scripture left me feeling a bit unsettled. I’m just not comfortable with all the anger and...