Luke 1 & 2 We are focusing this Advent on four words in the Christmas story. The first Sunday I preached on fear, last week Kelly preached on Joy and next Sunday I will be preaching on Peace. Today I was supposed to talk about Doubt, but as I looked at the text, I became…
Luke 2:8-20 In February of 1985 my wife and I took one of the best vacations we have ever had. My parents had invited us to come with them to the British Virgin Islands. We left Newark, New Jersey in a snow storm, handed our winter coats to my sister who had driven us to…
Luke What is good news to one person can be bad news to another. During WWII, while my father served in the Navy, his younger brother was in the Navy Air Force. When it was announced that the war was over and Japan had surrendered, my father celebrated with his shipmates and the whole fleet…
Revelation 19:6-21 When I set out an outline for the four sermons of advent, I thought I had a pretty good series. The first sermon would focus on waiting for Jesus. What are we to do while waiting? The second sermon would talk about how Jesus came in the first advent, the third on how…
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?…