Tag: Christmas

  • December 26, 2018
    First Sunday after Christmas Day1 Samuel 2: 18-20, 26Psalm 148Colossians 3: 12-17Luke 2: 41-52 On a walk along the sea…

  • December 28, 2017
    First Sunday After Christmas Galatians 4:4-7 In these days following the joyous birth of Christ, we consider the world’s response…

  • December 20, 2016
    Christmas Day Isaiah 52: 7-10 Psalm 98 Hebrews 1: 1-12 John 1: 1-14 And the Word became flesh and lived…

  • December 23, 2014
    First Sunday after Christmas Isaiah 61:10-62:3 Psalm 148 Galatians 4:4-7 Luke 2:22-40 Over against the spectacle that Christmas in America…

  • November 24, 2014
    We've been doing bLOGOS for a while now. The 2014-15 bLOGOS posts will be our third cycle of lectionary reflections…

  • December 18, 2013
    Fourth Sunday in Advent Isaiah 7:10-16 Romans 1:1-7 Matthew 1:18-24 Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect…

  • December 20, 2011
    Christmas Luke 2:1-14; John 1:1-14 “The Ancient of Days has become an infant.” John Chrysostom, 4th century On Christmas Eve…

  • December 23, 2010
    Matthew 2:13-23 If, as the late Raymond Brown was fond of saying, the infancy accounts in Matthew and Luke are…

  • December 31, 2009
    Second Sunday After Christmas Ephesians 1:3-19; John 1:1-18 It’s still Christmas. It’s hard to tell that from the culture around…

  • December 23, 2009
      Luke 2: 1-20 My college church organized a big evangelistic training and event. We went through two nights learning…