Isaiah 40:27-31 I was in the US from August 30 until September 9 for the wedding of my nephew and a memorial service for my mother. The week before I returned, I was at the home of my wife’s parents west of Boston in Massachusetts. We sat in their screened porch each lunch looking out…
Isaiah 40:27-31 I was in the US from August 30 until September 9 for the wedding of my nephew and a memorial service for my mother. The week before I returned, I was at the home of my wife’s parents west of Boston in Massachusetts. We sat in their screened porch each lunch looking out…
Isaiah 40:1-5 It is very easy to over sentimentalize Christmas. And it is because we tend to over sentimentalize Christmas, that elements of today’s service may seem a bit odd, a bit out of place. Our reading for the lighting of the Advent Wreath came from Mark’s Gospel. Where is the Christmas story in that?…