Blogging Towards Sunday, January 3, 2016
Isaiah 60:1-9 Ephesians 3:1-12 Matthew 2:1-12 Our English language doesn’t really have its own word to say what the Greek word “ἐπιφάνεια” depicts. Perhaps that’s why rather than translate … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, December 27, 2015
The First Sunday after Christmas Luke 2:21-40 Christmas is about presence and absence. In fact all of faith is about that theological paradox. God is present mysteriously in a baby … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, December 20, 2015
The Second Sunday of Advent LOVE Micah 5:2-5a & Luke 1:39-55 A common tension during this time of year regards music. Clergy are trained and taught to save the singing Christmas Carols … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, December 13, 2015
The Third Sunday of Advent Zephaniah 3:14-20 & Luke 3:7-18 JOY We sing of this season as the most wonderful time of the year. Yet the message of John the … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, December 6, 2015
The First Sunday of Advent Malachi 3:1-4 & Luke 3:1-6 PEACE “Today’s scripture is hardly the ‘deck-the-halls’ kind of message that we expect to hear at ‘the most wonderful time of the … Continue reading
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