Lectionary blog for Dec. 17 Third Sunday of Advent Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11; Psalm 126 or Luke 1:46b-55; 1 Thessalonians 5:6-14; John 1:6-8, 19-28 All of us can get so caught…
Editor’s note: This is the second post in a four-part series on objects from church that shed light on the spiritual practice of waiting this Advent. By the…
Lectionary blog for Dec. 10 Second Sunday of Advent Isaiah 40:1-11; Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13; 2 Peter 3:8-15a; Mark 1:1-8 The season of Advent is about waiting. Waiting for God to…
My mother, Ruth, died this past summer. I miss her terribly. She was a fourth-grade teacher and passed on an ardent love for books and reading. Growing up in Tennessee,…
On Dec. 25, Western Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus. Christmas is a festival of the incarnation, a theological word that means “becoming flesh.” John 1:14 proclaims: “The Word became…
I was driving to work one day thinking about my schedule—the meetings I needed to attend, reports I needed to finish, preparations still to be completed for upcoming travel, email…
Un día iba manejando rumbo a mi trabajo, pensando en mi horario—las reuniones a las que tenía que asistir, los informes que debía terminar, preparaciones para un próximo viaje que…
Editor’s note: This is the first in a four-part series on objects from church that shed light on the spiritual practice of waiting this Advent. In the beginning was…
Lectionary blog for Dec. 3 First Sunday of Advent Isaiah 64:1-9; Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19; 1 Corinthians 1:3-9; Mark 13:24-37 Throughout Advent, we are invited to remember not only that Christ…
Vacation Bible school (VBS) has long exemplified the ingenuity of Christian faith formation. The seasonal education program may date back as far as the 1870s, to the Chautauqua adult education…
Lectionary blog for Jan. 1 The First Sunday of Christmas/Holy Innocents Isaiah 63:7-9; Psalm 148; Hebrews 2:10-18; Matthew 2:13-23 When my boys were little, they loved Richard Scarry’s Christmas Book….
Between our house and the nearby middle school is a small stream. It flows under the road through a large culvert and empties into a small pool, rising and falling…
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