Who is more gracious than a child?

Home > Advent Blog 2025 Who is more gracious than a child?December 6, 2025 1 Kings 17:7-16|Psalm 145:8-13| 1 John 4:7-14| Mark 10:13-16Today’s readings have an obvious theme: Generosity.Appropriate, as we celebrate the feast day of a certain Bishop of Myra, called...

Pursuing Peace Here and Now?!

Home > Advent Blog 2025 Pursuing Peace Here and Now?!December 5, 2025 Photo by Noel Bailey Robinson1 Samuel 12:20-25|Psalm 34:9-14| Colossians 1:11-20|John 6:57-63“Turn from evil and do good.” Psalm 34 prosaically advises us today. But its final line grabs my...

”The Kingdom of God is Among You“

Home > Advent Blog 2025 ”The Kingdom of God is Among You“December 4, 2025 Photo: Picture of a presentation by Paolo del Vecchio, MSW (Crisis Con, 2025Wisdom 16:20-26| Psalm 118:14-21| Romans 6:1-11| Luke 17:20-21Once Jesus was asked by the Pharisees when the...

I Have Become All Things To All People

Home > Advent Blog 2025 I Have Become All Things To All PeopleDecember 3, 2025 Ecclesiasticus 2:1-7| Psalm 62| 1 Corinthians 9:16-23| Mark 16:15-20Paul, in his letter to the Corinthians, says, “I have become all things to all people, that I might by all means save...

A New Song

Home > Advent Blog 2025 A New Song December 2, 2025 Isaiah 49:22-23|Psalm 96:1-7| Acts 1:1-9| Luke 10:1-12Sing to the Lord a new song; *sing to the Lord, all the whole earth. – Psalm 96:1-2What an exuberant exhortation!  Imagine the Psalmist spreading his arms in...

Hear and Come

Home > Advent Blog 2025 Hear and Come December 1, 2025 Deuteronomy 30:11-14|Psalm 19| Romans 10:8b-18| Matthew 4:18-22It’s Advent! Come and journey from the dark to the glory of Christ’s birth, bringing light into the world. It never ceases to amaze me that the...