Advent 2021
Expect the Unexpected
Read Isaiah 35:3-7 A few years ago I visited Yellowstone National Park, a landscape of unique, alien beauty: geysers gushing out the ground, dangerous acidic pools, hot springs, and full...
Read Isaiah 35:3-7 A few years ago I visited Yellowstone National Park, a landscape of unique, alien beauty: geysers gushing out the ground, dangerous acidic pools, hot springs, and full...
Read Matthew 17:14-20 “From childhood … it has often thrown him into “re or water…. If you can do anything, take pity on us and help us.” (Mark 9:21-22) This...
Read Matthew 17:14-20; 20:29-34 “Jesus stopped and called them. ‘What do you want me to do for you?’ he asked. ‘Lord,’ they answered, ‘we want our sight.’ Jesus had compassion...
Week 3: His Healing by Faith Has your family baked Christmas cookies yet? Are you old enough to read the recipe and add the ingredients? If so, then you know...
Read Psalm 16:5-11 Many years ago, as a newborn Christian living on my own in an apartment in Shorewood, I encountered my first angelic choir. It was in the middle...
Read Hebrews 12:18-24 “Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father, prepare to die.” We all know the movie, and the characters in the scene. We resonate with...
Read 2 Corinthians 3:12-18 The summer I turned 13, I joined my hometown’s first ever girls’ lacrosse team. Around me was a motley crew of girls bored with other sports,...
Read Romans 15:7-13 Have you ever gone through a time when life seemed so dark it was palpable? A time when you walked around in a daze, mechanically putting one...
Read Isaiah 12:1-6 The Advent season is a time for joy in both the sacred and secular worlds. On December 10, 1993, that joy was literally shaken to its roots...
Read Luke 2:8-20 God became a baby. Of all the ways He could have entered our world…a baby. He could have torn open the sky and flooded the earth with...