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- January 9, 2023
Yesterday we began a new sermon series on the Book of Esther (listen here). Esther is an unusual book in that there is no…

- January 2, 2023
Happy New Year! A fresh new year is often the start of fresh new changes. Or, if we are honest, it’s the start of…

- December 26, 2022
I wonder what Mary and Joseph did with the lavish gifts from the Magi. This is a family that could not secure a comfortable…

- December 12, 2022
Yesterday we had our annual Lessons & Carols service (access the sermon here) during which we listened to and sang a familiar story. Each year…

- December 5, 2022
In Fleming Rutledge’s insightful and beautiful book, Advent, she recounts a story from Yemen from 2017, the poorest country in the region and suffering…

- November 28, 2022
Advent is the season of humble waiting. Waiting to remember the heavenly King who arrived in the flesh, and waiting in hope for that…

- November 21, 2022
In his Notes from the Underground, Dostoevsky wrote of humanity, “If he is not stupid, he is monstrously ungrateful … in fact, I believe…

- November 14, 2022
I remember years ago hearing someone point out that there are sometimes years, even decades, between verses in the Bible. It’s obvious when you…

- November 7, 2022
Yesterday (listen to the sermon here) we reflected on the story of Jacob and his wrestling match with God (Genesis 32). The story is…