Dear Friends, Following is my ‘first run’ at a Christmas sermon. May you also hear the ‘rustle of angels’ wings’ this year. And may you never be the same. Blessed Christmas to you and those you love and those you serve, Janet Luke 2:1-20 Have you heard the rustle of angels’ wings this night? …
Month: December 2019
“There Was No Place For Them…”
Luke 2:1-20 I heard it differently this year, this string of words which tell the whole story of the what and why and how of Jesus’ coming. We were with our confirmation youth. We have been teaching worship this year and part of the experience has included having them actually lead worship with and for …
On John and Jesus and Legacies and All of Us…
Matthew 11:2-11 I have been thinking some about ‘legacy’ these days. The sort that is left to us and the sort we leave behind as well. Maybe this is because of the ubiquitous presence of Christmas Classics… from A Christmas Carol with all of its countless remakes and the at least once annual viewing of …
A Shoot from the Stump of Jesse…
Isaiah 11:1-10 I saw a ‘shoot from the stump of Jesse’ all summer long unexpectedly blooming from a crack in my driveway. A purple petunia, a remnant seed, no doubt, from a previous summer’s planting against all odds found root and nourishment and the wherewithal to bloom in this unlikely place. I did not plant …