Christmas Eve: Lessons on God from Toddlers
Listen here: Since I last preached on Christmas Eve, we have had a baby born into my family. And we now have a toddler. Which makes me wonder, what was Jesus like when he was a toddler? If he truly was both fully divine and fully human, incarnate as we say when we are...
Advent 4: Preparing to Sing the World Right-Side Up
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...
Advent 2: Turning back toward the Divine
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...
Advent 1: Gestating the Divine
Scripture: Luke 21: 25-36 Today is the first Sunday of Advent. It’s the Sunday we light the candle of hope on the Advent wreath and ask ourselves “Who are we waiting for?” We settle into the Advent darkness and wait the next month in holy anticipation, in preparation...