At Home in the Everlasting Arms Lectionary 3 January 2016 The Epiphany of Our Lord The New Year Jeremiah 31:7-14 Psalm 147:12-20 Ephesians 1:3-14 John 1:1-18 Text to Life How many of us “came home” for Christmas? Can I see hands Let me try again. If you were the...
The Ponder Box Lectionary 27 December 2015 First Sunday After Christmas 1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26 Psalm 148 Colossians 3:12-17 Luke 2:41-52 Text to Life Comparison shopping. It is something we are all encouraged to do. Clip an ad, bring it into a competitor, show them you...
The Christmas Story and Why I Love It Lectionary 20 December 2015 Fourth Sunday in Advent Micah 5:2-5a Luke 1:47-55 Hebrews 10:5-10 Luke 1:39-45 Text to Life [There are a bunch of sermons here. You can, of course, preach the whole thing, which is dynamite. Or can you...
Power Shift Lectionary 13 December 2015 Third Sunday in Advent Zephaniah 3:14-20 Isaiah 12:2-6 Philippians 4:4-7 Luke 3:7-18 Text to Life There are (as always) two types of people. There are power outage people and there are power surge people. Power-outage people...
Jesus Smarts Lectionary 6 December 2015 Second Sunday in Advent Baruch 5:1-9 Malachi 3:1-4 Luke 1:6-79 Philippians 1:3-11 Luke 3:1-6 Text to Life “SMART” is now an acronym for products that are Simple, Maintenance-friendly, Affordable, Reliable, Timely-to-market....
A Surround-Sound Advent Lectionary 29 November 2015 First Sunday in Advent Jeremiah 33:14-16 Psalm 25:1-10 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13 Luke 21:25-36 Text to Life Finally, it’s over. I thought it would never end. The “it,” of course, is those twenty-seven Sundays designated...