We Must Give Up On ViolenceAdvent 2A | Isaiah 11: 1-10, Matthew 3:1-12 "A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse,and a branch shall grow out of his roots." It is a promise. That the project isn’t done. We aren’t finished, over, dead. There is yet life in that old stump. A shoot, …
Hope and Peace
Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! Christians have marked the passage of time through this season of Advent by lighting candles in a wreath. It serves as a means of being present to this season of anticipation. In my house, like many others, the Thanksgiving weekend is the time when we turn to …
A Word: Giving in Love
Jesus’s alternative to fearAdvent 1A | Matthew 24:36-44 Noah, Rapture, “But about that day and hour no one knows” . . . apocalyptic talk of flooding and separating, the Lord coming here and a thief breaking in . . . there is a lot hitting us today and we should take a …
