Holy God, your words to the Hebrew people came on the tablets of stone with Moses. More words came from the prophets. We praise you, God, that in the person of Jesus Christ, whose birth we celebrate now, you have come to us again, to speak your words of love, of life and of forgiveness.…

from Matt. 4: 12-25 and I Cor. 1: 10-18 January 26, 2020

“Now their feelings come so fast there is no time to sort them out. They had watched him die, and now dazzling men said he has risen!” Acts 10:34-43 34 Then Peter began to speak to them: “I truly understand that God shows no partiality, 35 but in every nation anyone who fears him and…

My favorite moment was when one of our elder parishioners sang “Silent Night” with the children in our caroling group. He knew the words.         2 Samuel 7.1-11, 16 1 Now when the king was settled in his house, and the Lord had given him rest from all his enemies around him,…

I think there is a kind of peace in repentance and forgiveness. There is peace in learning to get along with others. No one is bothering you, and you are not bothering anyone else.           Isaiah 40.1-11 1 Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God. 2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,…

Maybe Jesus did not speak of time the way we humans perceive it. Isaiah 64:1-9 64 O that you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains would quake at your presence—2 as when fire kindles brushwood and the fire causes water to boil— to make your name known to your…

May we all find things to be thankful for, and may our thankfulness last long after our meals are over.   Psalm 90 1 Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations. 2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting…

How are you doing at living into your titles? 1 Thessalonians 2:9-13 9 You remember our labor and toil, brothers and sisters; we worked night and day, so that we might not burden any of you while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God. 10 You are witnesses, and God also, how pure, upright,…

I want to honor all of the saints we lost this year, and in other years, too.   Psalm 34:1-10 and 22 1 I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. 2 My soul makes its boast in the Lord; let the humble hear and be glad.…