December 24, 2021 Luke 2: 1-20 Christmas Eve Sermon With Luke’s nativity story, we can find ourselves immersed in the scene … a shepherd staring at the wonder lying before him … or we can feel a tinge of guilt because we have acted like the innkeeper from time to time … or maybe we’re just some passerby whose curiosity led them…

December 19, 2021John 1: 1-18 From last week’s lesson with Isaiah to this week’s reading from John, we have moved about 400 years. Click here for service If it is not a dark time, at the very least it is a shadowy time … life had a greyness to it. The exiles have long-since returned to Jerusalem and the surrounding region ……

December 5, 2021Advent 2Ezekiel 37:1-14 Today, we … and the prophet Ezekiel … are faced with a vision of hopeless resignation. Click here for service Ezekiel writes from exile around the same time that Jeremiah is prophesizing in Jerusalem. But where Jeremiah’s message was for those in exile, Ezekiel’s message is for the people of both conquered kingdoms. Ezekiel is among the…

November 28, 2021Advent 1Jeremiah 29: 1, 4-14 Last week, we heard the prophet Isaiah trying to offer hope to people at a time when violence and uncertainty filled their everyday lives. Click here for service Isaiah … you’ll recall … offered a hymn that would mark the inauguration … the coming … of a king who would shepherd the people into a…

November 21, 2021Christ the KingIsaiah 9: 1-9 Last Sunday, we heard about the prophet Amos. Amos … a working person’s prophet, you’ll recall … was upset because the people had become complacent in their worship life. Click here for service Worship should have led people to live into their faith and work for justice for the vulnerable and less-fortunate … but instead…

November 14, 2021 Amos 1:1-2; 5:14-15, 21-24 Hans Hauge was plowing his father’s field and singing an old German hymn more than 200 years ago when he felt something. Click here for service It was something that he couldn’t describe … something that touched his soul and overwhelmed his senses. He later said that this moment led him to feel a sense…

November 7, 2021All Saints Sunday 1 Kings 19: 1-18 A lot has happened in 1 Kings since we last heard from it. Click here for service Last week’s reading ended with the joyous dedication of Solomon’s temple in Jerusalem as the ark of the covenant arrived at its new home and the name of the Lord was given a place with the…

October 31, 20211 Kings 5: 1-5; 8: 1-13 Today’s passage covers the beginning of the construction of the temple in Jerusalem and later, its dedication. Click here for service David was too busy battling the nation’s enemies to build the temple, so it fell to his son, Solomon. The problem is that Solomon has the workforce … and their tax dollars ……

October 24, 20211 Samuel 16: 1-13As we heard last week, Samuel was all of 12 years old and living in the temple with the priest Eli when he was called by God to serve as a prophet … sharing the Word and law throughout the region. It was a lesson in listening … to hearing God’s call … and understanding what God…

October 17, 2021 1 Samuel 3: 1-21 It has been a rough day … all you want to do is put your feet up and relax. Your partner, however, wants to share their day with you. Click here for service They recount the key moments of their day … the conflict at work … the unreasonable boss’s latest idea … some of…