This Sunday we continue our theme Heaven and Earth (based on Will Willimon’s book Heaven and Earth: Advent and the Incarnation) by looking at the messenger sent to prepare the way, John the Baptist. In the wilderness, John proclaims that
This Sunday, we enter into the season of Advent, a season of waiting, watching, and preparing for Jesus. We often think about our participation in church and worship as us taking time for God, but Advent is about God taking
Today is Christ the King Sunday, the festival at the conclusion of the church year when we recognize Jesus as our Lord, our King who reigns over creation. Jesus is the fulfillment of God’s promise to send a redeemer to
Don’t panic! It’s just the end of the world. As we near the end of the church year, the focus of our readings in worship moves forward to the end times. In this Sunday’s Gospel from Luke 21, Jesus warns
In this Sunday’s Gospel reading from Luke 20, a group of Sadducees attempts to drag Jesus into a debate over the logistics of how the afterlife will work. But as Jesus points out, the questioners are missing the point. Their