Sermon text: Luke 2: 1-20 Almost every year at Christmas there is a must have toy that children are dying to receive and parents are struggling to find. These are the toys that drive everyone crazy. The ones that make the news because people got in a fist fight over the last one or scalpers …
Sermon Text: Matthew 1: 18-25 When I served in Somerset I had a colleague who always celebrated a Blue Christmas Service—a special Christmas worship designed for those who struggle with this holiday either because of grief or illness. A Blue Christmas, because not everyone is merry this time of year. I always wondered if they …
*Sermon text is Matthew 11: 2-11 I’m usually “happy go lucky” about weather, but in the winter I tend to check Accuweather a little more often, especially to see if weather will impact the weekend services. As I checked things this week, I saw something of interest, something that made me groan—today’s sunrise: 7:29 AM. …
Scripture: Isaiah 11: 1-10 The wood rising from the ground comes to an abrupt and jagged end. Life had sprung forth from the ground in this spot, but now there is only a remnant, a reminder of what had been. It is a stump and it is dead. Yes, the stump is dead just as …
