Tag: Advent

  • December 11, 2023
    Third Sunday of AdventIsaiah 61:1-4, 8-11Psalm 1261 Thessalonians 5:16-24John 1:6-8, 19-28Reading the texts for the Third Sunday in Advent makes…

  • November 28, 2023
    First Sunday in AdventMark 13: 24-37A few years ago, I posed this question to an Advent study group at my…

  • December 10, 2022
    Third Sunday of AdventMatthew 11:2-11At the beginning of this discourse, Matthew transitions us to a different setting: Verse 1 reads,…

  • November 22, 2022
    Isaiah 2:1-5Romans 13:11-14Matthew 24:36-44On a recent visit to my local chain drugstore I looked, as I often do, at the…

  • December 9, 2020
    Bearers of Good News by Todd Edmondson, Advent 2017 Like Those Who Dream by Shannon Schaeffer, Advent 2014  

  • November 25, 2020
    First Sunday of Advent Isaiah 64:1-9 Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 Mark 13:24-37 “Therefore, keep alert—for you do not…

  • December 11, 2018
    Third Sunday of Advent Zephaniah 3:14-20 Philippians 4:4-7 Luke 3:7-18 Advent is a time of watchful waiting, of preparing ourselves…

  • December 11, 2018
    Third Sunday of AdventZephaniah 3:14-20Philippians 4:4-7Luke 3:7-18 Advent is a time of watchful waiting, of preparing ourselves for the Lord’s…

  • December 5, 2018
    Second Sunday of Advent Malachi 3:1-4Luke 1:68-79Philippians 1:3-11Luke 3:1-6 In our household, our children participate in the rhythms of the…

  • November 29, 2018
    First Sunday in AdventLuke 21:25-36As a nine-year-old boy, I once lost sleep for a month because of one terrible thought:…