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
On this third Sunday of Advent, our worship themes are joy, wonder, and amazement. In the midst of a weary world, we allow ourselves to be amazed at the miracle of Christmas, the miracle of God choosing to come and dwell with us. As we notice
This week, we enter the season of Advent, the four weeks leading up to the celebration of Christmas. Our theme for Advent 2023 is the question, “How does a weary world rejoice?” from A Sanctified Art. That title comes from
The God who cares for the birds and flowers also cares for you! The antidote to worrying is remembering what God has done in the past and trusting God to be faithful in the future. Here’s the sermon for Christ
In this week’s Gospel lesson, Jesus offers apocalyptic predictions of disaster, but he also makes a promise: Apocalyptic disasters are penultimate, not final. Suffering and disaster are not the end. Something better is coming: God’s kingdom. We are given the