by Rev. Ashley Harness | Dec 22, 2019 | sermons
Luke 1 Listen here: There was visit from an angel and a moment of ecstatic, mystical prayer. With joy, she had consented to God’s action and presence to bring about new life and a new world through her body and soul. But then reality’s weight bore down on her. She was...
by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Voelkel | Dec 8, 2019 | sermons
Matthew 3:1-12 Listen here: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel and ransom captive Israel that mourns in lonely exile here…. Until the Child of God appear. Rejoice, rejoice, Emmanuel, shall come to you, O Israel. Sometimes when there is a prescribed season of the church (like...
by Rev. Ashley Harness | Dec 1, 2019 | sermons
Scripture: Matthew 24:36-44 Today is the first Sunday of Advent. It’s the Sunday we light the candle of hope on the Advent wreath, settle into the season’s darkness and wait the next month in holy anticipation, in preparation and prayer for the gift of Divine Love to...
by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Voelkel | Dec 23, 2018 | sermons
Scripture: Luke 1:46-55 Every year, our Advent season begins with some apocalyptic reading, some naming of chaos, some world-rending violence. Some years, this seems a little ridiculous to me—or at least anachronistic. But some years, the naming of chaos, of violence...
by Rev. Ashley Harness | Dec 9, 2018 | sermons
Scripture: Luke 3: 1-14 A couple weeks ago, we had a SpringHouse-wide adult education time during which we sat in small groups and talked about what this whole season of Advent was about for us, how we understood who Jesus was when we were kids and who this Jesus we...
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