Church newsletter pastoral column for St. Peter Lutheran Church, Greene, Iowa, for December, 2018. An Abundant Advent As it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah, “The voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare
December 23, 2018, is the 4th Sunday of Advent in lectionary year C, and the assigned texts include Luke 1:39-45 (Mary’s visitation to Elizabeth) and Micah 5:2-5a. We also read Luke 1:46-55 (the Magnificat) as the Psalm for the day.
This year for our Greene community midweek Advent worship services, we’re using the them “An Abundant Advent” based on Water Brueggemann’s book Celebrating Abundance: Devotions for Advent (Amazon link). Here’s my sermon for our third and final midweek Advent service,
The Gospel reading for the third Sunday of Advent is Luke 3:7-18. Here’s my sermon for December 16, 2018. Grace and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, you brood of vipers. Can you imagine being
Christin and I were on vacation in Des Moines last weekend, so I don’t have an Advent 1 sermon. Then this weekend, the Sunday School Christmas program was on Saturday night, so this sermon was only for the two Sunday