Can anything good come from Nazareth? This Sunday, Nathanael learns a lesson about God working in unexpected people and places. This week’s sermon digs into each of the three lines of Nathanael’s conversation with Jesus. Today’s Scripture readings are Psalm
As we wrap up our series, “How Does a Weary World Rejoice?” our theme is, “We trust our belovedness.” Rejoicing comes when we recognize and trust God’s immeasurable love for us. Our identity as God’s beloved sustains us when we
Here’s my column from our Winter 2023 Stronger Together joint print newsletter introducing our Advent & Epiphany sermon series, How Does a Weary World Rejoice? from Illustrated Ministry. Read the Living Hope version of the entire newsletter here. How Does
Merry Christmas! On this final Sunday of 2023, we continue celebrating Christmas by hearing in worship the story of Mary and Joseph dedicating the baby Jesus in the temple. In that traditional ritual, something unexpected happens as a man named
Christmas is about making room, because God has made room for us. Through this baby born at Christmas, God calls us to look beyond the weariness of this world, beyond the weariness of our lives, and with a thrill of