This Sunday - November 30th 1st Sunday of Advent Isaiah 2:1-5 ~ Psalm 122 ~ Romans 13:11-14 ~ Matthew 24:36-44 Read online In the 1960’s people were urged to turn on, tune in, and drop out—to leave the material world behind in favor of an alternate reality. In today’s gospel, Jesus also urges us to tune into an alternative to the material world, one he called the coming of the Son of Man. In Jesus’ person, the dominion of God comes into the world, and the risen Christ continu

Jeremiah 23:1-6 ~ Psalm 46 ~ Colossians 1:11-20 ~ Luke 23:33-43 Read online The last Sunday of the Church year is known as Reign of Christ. It used to be called “Christ the King Sunday”. As a kid, I remember this Sunday being  big :  big  choir anthems about Jesus being the king of everything (of course with trumpets),  big  hymns that sang of Jesus ruling over everything (Like  Rejoice the Lord is King ),  and  big  sermons that extolled Jesus Christ as triumphant. In my min

This Sunday - November 16th 23rd Sunday after Pentecost Malachi 4:1-2a ~ Psalm 98 ~ 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 ~ Luke 21:5-19 Read online As we near the end of the Church Year (it starts over with Advent on November 30) the readings turn to thinking about the end. Last week the shift to 2nd Thessalonians began the trend and it continues with the readings today.  I often hear people talk about “the end” with fear and foreboding. But that has more to do with how it has been present

22nd Sunday after Pentecost Job 19:23-27a ~ Psalm 17:1-9 ~ 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17 ~ Luke 20:27-38 Read online A little bit of instruction on how our readings are arranged. The Old Testament reading is always (almost always) ment to connect to the Gospel reading. The second reading sometimes relates (but not always during the Season after Pentecost). That means we can use the Old Testament reading to get a clue about the Gospel reading.  This week the Old Testament readi