Advent 1: Awake to Love
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...
To Make Appropriate Thanksgiving
Phil 4:4-9 Come to the Table, come as you are. Come as you’re able, see whose child you are. There is room at the table of our God. Amen. After the Uprising was crushed, it happened quickly for many, many families. They were given, in some cases, a few day’s notice....
Claire, on giving to Lyndale
I grew up with two strong church homes. As the minister's youngest child, I was approached and asked about my life, plans for school, interests and so on. When I started out on my own and moved to Ohio, I had never felts so isolated or alone. So, I sought out a...
Nourishment, not comfort, is what we need.
Scripture: Psalm 98 When I was a little kid, my family visited my grandparents in New Mexico each year over spring break. Somehow my birthday always seemed to fall over that week, so I felt like the luckiest kid ever. When I woke up early and excited on my birthday,...