Luke 2:1-20 Somehow I had a spare moment earlier in December, and decided to try to get a head start on my Christmas Sermon. At least for me, this is one of the most difficult sermons to preach in any given year. Emotions run high. The crowds tend to be larger than usual — expanded …
Month: December 2017
Proclaiming Liberty to the Captives: #Metoo
Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 John 1:6-8, 19-28 I won’t lie to you, I am tired. I am weary of hearing day after day about another one falling. Men, mostly. Wealthy, powerful, influential men who somewhere along the way forgot what it is to be human among humans. Humane among others who are so very vulnerable. And …
“Preparing the Way…”
2 Peter 3:8-15a Mark 1:1-8 My dad grew up in a quaint, historic town in Massachusetts. It is one where the dates in the graveyard date back to before the Revolutionary War and as a result, it is a place where it seems history is literally to be discovered around every corner. It has been …