by L. Gail Irwin | Dec 24, 2024 | sermons
Scripture: Luke 2:1-20 All Through Advent we reflected on the different characters around Jesus’ birth: They lived in a culture with deep injustices and inequities Their nation had been conquered by other nations they had been exiled and then had to return and rebuild...
by L. Gail Irwin | Dec 15, 2024 | sermons
Written by L. Gail Irwin, Performed by Vicki Joan Keck Luke 1:26-38 26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, 27 to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary....
by L. Gail Irwin | Dec 8, 2024 | sermons
Scripture: Luke 1:5-24 and 57-79 Sermon Our book study this fall was Walter Wink’s “The Powers that Be” In that book, written in the early 90’s, Wink referred to what he called “the Domination System” to describe the world we live in with its hierarchies based on...
by L. Gail Irwin | Dec 1, 2024 | sermons
Take a minute to study the painting on your bulletin of John the Baptist It was painted for a monastery church in the Netherlands by Dutch artist Geertgen tot Sint Jans in the late 1400’s Chin in hand, alone by the Jordan River, he looks pretty dejected! The...
by L. Gail Irwin | Nov 24, 2024 | sermons
Scripture: John 18:28-38 Then they took Jesus from Caiaphas to Pilate’s headquarters. It was early in the morning. They themselves did not enter the headquarters, so as to avoid ritual defilement and to be able to eat the Passover. 29 So Pilate went out to them and...
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