Tag: Advent

  • December 6, 2011
    Third Sunday of Advent (Year B) Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 Luke 1:46-55 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 John 1:6-8, 19-28 Not long ago…

  • December 1, 2011
    Second Sunday of Advent Isaiah 40:1-11 Psalm 85 2 Peter 3:8-15a Mark 1:1-8 Advent has a powerful way of clarifying…

  • December 17, 2010
    Isaiah 7:10-26; Matthew 1:18-25 By Matthew 1:18, Matthew has already named Jesus as the Messiah several times. Indeed, Matthew’s genealogy…

  • December 9, 2010
    Third Sunday of Advent Isaiah 35:1-10; Psalm 146: 5-10 or Luke 1:47-55; James 5:7-10; Matthew 11:2-11 The haunt of jackals…

  • November 28, 2010
    First Sunday of Advent: Isaiah 2: 1-5, Psalm 122, Romans 13: 11-14, Matthew 24: 36-44 And so we begin the…

  • December 9, 2009
      Zephaniah 3:14-20; Isaiah 12:2-6; Philippians 4:4-7; Luke 3:7-18 The second most popular Advent question asked in the United Methodist…

  • December 16, 2008
    Fourth Sunday of Advent: 2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16; Psalm 89 (Luke 1:46-55); Romans 16:25-27; Luke 1:26-38 The excitement, celebration, and anticipatory…

  • December 8, 2008
    Third Sunday of Advent: Isaiah 61:1-4, 9-11; Psalm 126; I Thessalonians 5:16-24; John 1:6-8; 19-28 Sometimes the contrasts are jarring: sweet-faced…

  • December 3, 2008
    Isaiah 40:1-11, Mark 1:1-8 Everyone knows that Advent is about beginnings. The season marks the start of a new Christian…

  • November 27, 2008
    Advent 1   Isaiah 64:1-9, Mark 13:24-37 This week we begin the all-too-short journey toward Advent, that season when the Church’s…