Second Sunday of Advent
Our Scripture is focused today on Mark 1:1-8, a passage that holds immense significance, particularly as we find ourselves engaged with the Second Sunday of Advent. As I said the last time we met, Advent is not just about anticipating Jesus’ birth; it's about preparing our hearts for His coming, both as the babe in Bethlehem and as the returning King in glory.
Faithful Stewardship
When a church asks the congregation members to submit a pledge card for their faith promise of financial support we should not think of it as underwriting the budget. We do not give because of guilt, we give out of sacrificial faith because we belong to Jesus. Who do you belong to?
Third Sunday of Advent
On this third Sunday in Advent, we again turn our attention to a remarkable figure: John the Baptist. The people wondered who John the Baptist was. He appeared as a rather strange person who came from the wilderness, preaching repentance, dressed in camel's hair, surviving on a diet of locust and wild honey. John the Baptist was the beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ. Yet his message of good news seemed as strange as his attire.
Daily Devotional Dip - September 21, 2023
Let King David teach us the path to confession, repentance, and restoration as we dip into 2 Samuel 11 and 12, and Psalm 59. Then you will understand why David is called a man after God's own heart.
Christmas Eve - Lessons and Carols Service 2023
“Our hearts are forever restless until they find their rest in God." A brilliant, articulate university professor, St. Augustine of Hippo, made that statement more than 1,600 years ago. A cover story in Newsweek magazine on September 5, 2005, entitled “Spirituality in America"- I know it is a little dated but think the conclusion they came to is still true. Their conclusion was “There is a hunger in the human heart for a transcendent experience of God."