Looking Back as I Step Forward

Home > Christmas Blog 2025-2026 Looking Back as I Step Forward January 6, 2026 Isaiah 60:1-6|Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14|Ephesians 3:1-12|Matthew 2:1-12 As I have grown older, I have begun to realize that conflict is something particularly unavoidable in life. I have found...

Epiphany Eve

Home > Christmas Blog 2025-2026 Epiphany Eve January 5, 2026 Proverbs 9:1-6|Psalm 119:65-72|James :1-10|Mark 12:18-27 Epiphany comes from the word epiphaneia, meaning to reveal. Epiphany Eve has us waiting in the darkness for the revelation of the fullness of...

Thoughts on Home

Home > Christmas Blog 2025-2026 Thoughts on Home January 4, 2026 Jeremiah 31:7-14|Psalm 84|Ephesians 1:3-6,15-19a|Matt 2:13-15, 19-23 or Luke 2:41-52 or Matt 2:1-12 The sparrow has found her a house And the swallow a nest where she may lay her young;* By the side...

Marching Orders

Home > Christmas Blog 2025-2026 Marching Orders January 3, 2026 Psalm 72| 1 Kings 19:9-18 | Ephesians 4:17-32 | John 6:15-27 “It is I; do not be afraid” … Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of...

Gifts from God

Home > Christmas Blog 2025-2026 Gifts from God January 2, 2026 Psalm 33 | 1 Kings 19:1-8 | Ephesians 4:1-16 | John 6:1-14 Paul’s letter to the church at Ephesus is filled with words of encouragement and instruction. I have been given a small part of that to...

At the Name of Jesus…

Home > Christmas Blog 2025-2026 At the Name of Jesus… January 1, 2026 Numbers 6:22-27 | Psalm 8 | Galatians 4:4-7 or Philippians 2:5-11|Luke 2:15-21 As I read the scriptures for this day, I kept coming back to the question “what does the name of Jesus mean to me?”...