Isaiah 11:1-10 Romans 15:4-13 Matthew 3:1-12 “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” (Romans 15:4-13) I’ve had reason to think some about ‘hope’ in these last couple of days: both the kind we live …
Month: November 2016
Telling Time…
Matthew 24:36-44 Romans 13:11-14 Some years ago now I accompanied a group of soon to be high school freshmen to Confirmation Camp at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois. Years before we had learned the hard way the necessity of reserving their personal cell phone usage for free time once a day. Otherwise they would …
Post-Election 2016: For the Sake of All For Whom Jesus Died…
Luke 23:33-43 I was a political science major in college. My reason for choosing that path is a longer story in itself, but, at least in part, what it all came down to was this: I was (and continue to be) fascinated with how people translate belief into action. I cannot today remember how it …
This Long Wait…
2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 Luke 21:5-19 It had been a long time. I have been a fan of the Chicago Cubs my whole life — and it had been almost twice that time since the city of Chicago had cause to celebrate as it did this last week. It was sometime in the last few years …