A Sermon for the Fourth Sunday of Advent Readings may be found here Through the written word and the spoken word, may we know your living Word, Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen. I’m about to hit the six-month mark of my ministry here at Grace. These first months have been full of unexpected experiences. I’ve … Continue reading Sermon: Immanuel
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Sermon: Origin Stories
Sermon for the First Sunday of Advent Lectionary Readings here O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord! (You may be seated) I must admit that I struggled to write this sermon. I kept trying to interpret today’s prophetic and apocalyptic lectionary readings through the lens of the increasingly violent news of … Continue reading Sermon: Origin Stories
Keep Awake: An Advent Sermon
This post was originally published on stylewise-blog.com on November 29, 2020 Photo by George Becker on Pexels.com A Sermon Given on the First Day of Advent Gospel Reading: Mark 13:24-37. Read here. “And what I say to you I say to all: Keep awake.”Amen. Happy New Year! Today is the first day of Advent, which marks the … Continue reading Keep Awake: An Advent Sermon
Christmas is coming
We finally got a Christmas tree! It's rather small, several feet shorter than last year's, but it'll do. Ah, the smell of evergreens. Daniel found a hand-carved nativity scene on ebay last month, so we placed it on our side table next to the tree. I love that St. Raphael the giant archangel watches over … Continue reading Christmas is coming
first sunday of advent
Besides this, you know what time it is, how it is now the moment for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we became believers; the night is far gone, the day is near. Let us then lay aside the works of darkness and put on the armor of … Continue reading first sunday of advent
people, look east
A selection of verses from the Advent hymn, People Look East: Birds, though you long have ceased to build, guard the nest that must be filled. Even the hour when wings are frozen, God for fledgling time has chosen. People, look east and sing today, Love the bird is on the way. Stars, keep the … Continue reading people, look east
a poem for Advent
Light of Christ She held it cupped in her wrinkled palms, across her lifeline, it burned And fragmented and grew. She peered in, squinting hard, Hands to nose Stars igniting in her eyes. She clenched it then, tightly Pushed it away with the force of her now elongated arm, like a sigh, or fainting, or … Continue reading a poem for Advent
Leah Wise 