How Silently
The Danish theologian, Soren Kierkegaard, is the source of the parable about a man who broke into a department store one night before Christmas. Instead of stealing items, he simply rearranged the price tags on them. When the shopkeeper and the customers came in the...
The Final Four: Love
The Final Four: Love Lectionary 18 December 2016 Third Sunday in Advent Isaiah 7:10-16 Psalm 80:1-7,17-19 Romans 1:1-7 Matthew 1:18-25 Text to Life The Fourth Sunday of Advent is the “final” in our “Final Four:” Love. If there is one word that brings together Hope,...The Joy of Waiting
Charles Wesley was an extraordinary poet and hymn-writer, penning (according to some estimates) over 6,500 poems! The majority of these were set to music, and intended for worship. This week’s focus is his Advent hymn “Come Thou Long Expected Jesus.” In “Let All...