Christmas Eve Sermon
Texts: Isaiah 9:2-7; Isaiah 11:1-9; Luke 2:1-20
It’s December 24 and we are still here. The world did not end a few days ago. Maybe the Mayans just got tired of making calendars out into the distant future. As I told the Tuesday morning Men’s Group awhile back, I didn’t think
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Sermon preached December 23, 2012
We also had a Cantata of Lessons and Songs this day
Texts: Luke 1:39-45
Are you expecting? That’s been our theme these past weeks of the Advent season. When families are expecting a child, whether it be by birth or by adoption, they spend time learning. They get stuff
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Sermon preached December 16, 2012
Texts: Philippians 4:4-7; Luke 3:7-18
Are you expecting? That’s a delicate question and our Advent theme this year. When parents are expecting a child, they often learn about the process of giving birth and about what parenting might entail. The journey of faith, our journey together with the God
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Last Sunday was the children and youth Christmas program at our church. I did not preach, but earlier in the week I lead a communion service at a local senior care facility. Here is my reflection from that service.
“There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on the
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Sermon preached December 2, 2012
Play beginning of Buffalo Springfield, “Expecting To Fly”
Expecting To Fly
Now that’s a strange way to begin Advent. Were you expecting something else? Maybe you’ve come to expect the unexpected sometimes here?
Are you expecting? That is a question in which context is everything. If
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