Every fall, the publishers promote a new batch of Advent devotionals. Even though I have a few books that I come back to each year, I look forward to these new offerings. One that recently caught my eye is called Rise Up Shepherd!: Advent Reflections on the...
Song of Promise: The Sound of Faith Story Lectionary 10 December 2017 Second Week of the Advent of Our Lord Adam is Hiding (Genesis 3) Abraham and Isaac (Genesis 22) Moses and the Burning Bush (Exodus 3) Songs of Moses and Miriam (Exodus 15) Prayer Song (Habakkuk 3)...
Many pastors lament over doing the same scriptures each year for advent and Christmas. What to do? Here’s where your metaphors can help! Look at the metaphors in the scriptures. Exegete those images to find that they link to many other scripture stories in the Hebrew...
Lord… Whom all the angels worship, Lies hid in human nature; Incarnate see The deity, The infinite Creator! See the stupendous blessing Which God to us hath given! A child of man, In length a span, Who fills both earth and heaven. Amen....
God’s Country: Faith, Hope, and the Future of the Rural Church by Brad Roth –Review by Teri Hyrkas What comes to mind when you hear the term “rural church?” Do you picture bucolic church settings with small, well established, multigenerational...
