Merry Chrystery Lectionary 23 December 2018 Fourth Sunday of Advent Micah 5:2-5a Luke 1:47-55 Hebrews 10:5-10 Luke 1:39-45 Text to Life Advent is a season of anticipation. In other words, it is at heart a “birth” story. The prescribed Advent lectionary texts speak of...
Over the River and Through the Woods Story Lectionary 23 December 2018 The Fourth Sunday in the Advent of Our Lord Abraham Journeys from Ur of the Chaldees to the Promised Land (Genesis 12) Moses Journeys with God’s People to the Promised Land and Consecrates...
Eye of an Eagle and Spirit of a Dove Lectionary 16 December 2018 Third Sunday of Advent Zephaniah 3:14-20 Isaiah 12:2-6 Philippians 4:4-7 Luke 3:7-18 Text to Life Bird brain. It is an insulting label we plaster on those we deem dim-witted, clueless, or less “with it”...
Darkness can seep into our lives in many ways, regardless of the season or the time of year. And despite the festivity that is inherently part of preparing for Christmas, darkness – as a metaphor and as a lack of light – for many, pervades. Some congregations now...
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End Atul Gawande, 2014 –Review by Landrum P. Leavell III, Th.D. This book has absolutely nothing to do with the art of preaching. It has everything to do with the stories of those to whom we preach,...